Funeral Cover

Funeral cover alleviates the financial burden on loved ones by covering funeral expenses. It provides peace of mind, ensuring that costs like burial, cremation, and memorial services are managed without dipping into savings or incurring debt during an emotionally challenging time.

Investec Life’s Funeral Cover is ideal to supports you to cover funeral-related costs. Use your lump sum payment in any way that helps you, for example, transporting the deceased to the funeral home or final resting place, burial or cremation expenses, memorial services, and even grief counselling services.

Yes. Investec Life’s Funeral Cover is an add-on to your Life Cover policy with Investec Life and helps cover short-term funeral-related expenses. Payouts are made quickly – within two business days after submitting all the required documents – to ensure no delays in making the necessary arrangements.

To qualify for Investec Life’s Funeral Cover, you must be under the age of 70 at the application stage and have or are applying for a Life Cover benefit from Investec Life.

Yes, the family members you add to your policy are subject to a six-month waiting period for all non-accidental deaths and 12-month waiting period for death by suicide. There is no waiting period on accidental death, which means accidental deaths are covered from the first day the family member is added.

Only the 12-month waiting period on death by suicide applies to you as the main client.

Ease the burden on your loved ones by ensuring they’re able to cover funeral costs quickly.