Simply in the press
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Bizcommunity
17/10/2018
"Insurtech player Simply Financial Services has secured a significant multi-year funding commitment from Yellowwoods, a private investment group with interests in insurance ventures around the world, including Hollard and Clientele in South Africa."
Tech Financials
16/10/2018
"Insurtech firm Simply Financial Services has secured a significant multi-year funding commitment from Yellowwoods, a private investment group with interests in insurance ventures around the world, including Hollard and Clientele in South Africa."
Disrupt Africa
16/10/2018
"South African insurtech startup Simply Financial Services has secured a significant multi-year funding commitment from private investment group Yellowwoods to help it achieve its growth aspirations."
Disrupt Africa
16/08/2018
Insurtech startup Simply and on-demand home services app SweepSouth said the partnership was a “win-win”, deepening Simply’s commitment to provide cover to individuals among lower income groups and building loyalty among the 7,000 “SweepStars” on the books of SweepSouth.
Biz Community
16/08/2018
Simply and SweepSouth, two technology players with a focus on social impact and financial inclusion, have announced a partnership to provide accidental death and disability cover for all SweepStars, SweepSouth's force of domestic cleaners. The cost of these benefits will be funded by the partnership.
Cape Talk
24/07/2018
Kieno Kammies speaks to Sam Fleming Head of Marketing at Simply. Many of these hardworking women...and men in some cases...take home very little pay. Now there is a course that can teach them how to make more out of what they earn.
IOL
25/06/2018
Simply Financial Services (Simply) has introduced a life assurance product for households that want to offer their domestic workers life and disability cover. The product, called Domestic Cover, is aimed specifically at employers of domestic employees, comprises life, disability and funeral cover.
Ventureburn
21/06/2018
“Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business people, advertisers, and media professionals among others.”
Insuretech conference 2018
20/06/2018
SImply uses technology, data and behavioural science to radically reduce the cost and complexity of life insurance. Simply’s products include Family Cover, which is bought directly by individuals, and Domestic and Group Cover, which are bought by employers to protect their employees.
Power FM
07/06/2018
Interview with Simply CEO Anthony Miller on Power FM
Entrepreneurmag
28/05/2018
Often businesses assume that their employees will take the necessary steps to insure themselves, but in reality, many people don’t. By covering your employees you’re not just insuring their financial futures if something happens, you’re covering your business too.
Insurance Gateway
25/05/2018
“According to Stats SA’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey, more than 6% of working South Africans are employed as Domestic Workers*, and more people are employed in private households than in the mining and agriculture sectors combined. If dependents of these workers are included, then as many as four to five million people are supported by this industry.”
Cover
24/05/2018
With cloud-based technology, all of that becomes a low variable cost. It means as an insuretech business it is possible to run our technology at very low overhead costs. As a result of that, we don’t have a lot of tech loading going into the pricing of our policies.
BusinessLive
10/05/2018
New developments in technology and other factors have made digital cover possible, but the old way is still popular.
Ince Connect
28/03/2018
Insurance is seen by many as the ultimate grudge purchase. And while there's no arguing the fact that it provides peace of mind in case the unexpected happens, nobody wants to overpay.
CNB Africa
19/03/2018
Joining CNBC Africa to discuss technology disruption in South Africa’s insurance market is Anthony Miller, CEO, Simply Financial Services – whose business aims to secure the financial futures for South Africa’s mass market.
Ventureburn
01/03/2018
Three years on, and after soft-launching its first products in 2016, Simply has sold 5920 policies worth over R3-billion in cover. With an average of 2.3 benefits per policy, he explains, most of its clients are generally buying combos. In addition, the startup boasts it has the first online group life offering in South Africa.
Sowetan Live
16/02/2018
If you’re shopping for funeral insurance, this could be a sign that you need financial advice.
Sowetan Live
16/02/2018
Almost 19 million adults in the country are covered by a funeral plan and more than 40% of adult South Africans are covered by two or more funeral policies. But consumers misunderstand some of the most basic things about their cover, which results in complaints to the Ombudsman for Long-Term Insurance.
FIN24
09/02/2018
After ten years in the industry Anthony Miller, an entrepreneur operating in data, technology and financial services was still seeking to start something with a sense of purpose. That's when he saw a gap for digital disruption in the financial services offering for particularly SMMEs.
Entrepreneurmag
30/01/2018
Picking the right lane – figuring out what you’re going to do – is probably the most important decision you’ll make. Once you’ve figured that out, you can get down to the nitty gritty of picking your team and building your business.
FIN24 TECH
18/11/2017
A South African fintech start-up is looking to change the life insurance industry with the sale of policies to employees with low incomes.
BusinessLive
14/11/2017
Businesses looking to provide quick and easy life insurance for their employees can now get it online with insurance technology company Simply Financial Services.
City Press (News24)
14/11/2017
Simply, as the name implies, focuses on providing simple, cost-effective cover, while Indie has built in a rewards element that acts as a savings fund so that you receive a payout irrespective of whether you make a claim.
Disrupt Africa
20/10/2017
South African insurtech startup Simply Financial Services has rolled out a new product that allows businesses looking to provide quick and easy life insurance for their employees to get it online.
Cover
17/10/2017
Fintech disruptor Simply Financial Services innovates in group life insurance, through an all-online signup targeting SA businesses
SA Life
16/10/2017
“What young people should think about is their most significant asset because that’s their future income. The most important thing they should think about is disability insurance.”
Fledgling fintech start up takes on mass market insurance sector with simple low-cost product combos
Insurance Xchange / Insurance Gateway
09/10/2017
The business aims to secure the financial futures for South Africa’s mass market by selling easy-to-understand, affordable life insurance products (that are up to half the cost of comparable policies on the market) in an industry that writes up R8,5-billion worth of business a year.
Business Economy
26/09/2017
The Simply shake up involves a combination of technology smarts, keen pricing and deep life insurance experience, as well as strong industry networks to build a business that can deliver super simple life insurance products at disruptively low prices.
Cover
12/09/2017
Fledgling Fintech start up takes on mass market insurance sector with simple low cost product combos
Brainstorm Mag
05/09/2017
For many people, life insurance is a luxury they can’t afford. It’s either that or dinner. Simply Financial Services’ (Simply) goal is to remove this obstacle by making the process easy and cost-effective.
Disrupt Africa
01/09/2017
South African startup Simply Financial Services is looking to shake up the country’s mass-market life insurance space by serving as many people as possible.
Tech Central
21/08/2017
The market for life insurance in South Africa is big, competitive and profitable, with just under R10bn in new annual premiums being written annually, according to the New Business Volumes Survey published by Swiss Re in 2014.
Bisengine Post
10/08/2017
The business aims to secure the financial futures for South Africa’s mass market by selling easy-to-understand, affordable life insurance products (that are up to half the cost of comparable policies on the market) in an industry that writes up R8,5-billion worth of business a year.
Moneyweb
07/08/2017
“South Africa’s insurance market is ripe for tech disruption,” says Anthony Miller, CEO of Cape Town-based fintech start-up Simply Financial Services.