I am going to try and break down the Discovery product into "bite" size chunks for those that want to understand what is on offer, how all the products tie together and how to make use of the products. As Discovery Life releases new products to the market, the product range becomes more and more complicated in the details, the nitty gritty.

However, that being said, the "holistic" approach is not. Basically the products hang on what Discovery terms their "integrators". The concept being that your health status and Vitality status help determine your "risk".

As a concept, this is very forward thinking and has many merits. I could however, sit and write articles around the Discovery product range and get no business done (i am a broker/financial advisor/planner/salesman after all).

A product in the Discovery Life range that is underused (as far as i am concerned) is called the Health Plan Protector.

In it's absolute simplicity it has 2 arms...one gives you insurance in respect of your medical aid premiums should something happen to you and the other gives you a "payback" of your medical aid premiums.

So what???

Well, it is the only way that you can currently get some of your medical aid risk premiums back in South Africa!
To some, this product can be a godsend...especially if your company subsidises your medical aid premiums. You could find that you get the product for "free"...in that the refund of premiums pays for the product.

This is complicated to work out though, especially so, since you can't know goign forward what is going tohappen to you.

So don't try and buy the product on analysed scenario's (individually analysed)...rather, focus on the fact that it protects you against what could happen. No one can accurately plan for future medical aid premium increases...so you can never be sure if you have enough cover for this scenario. This product insures you for the actual cost of the premiums (up to 20% increases in medical aid premiums)...

Go ahead and have a look.