When 1Life launched in 2006, we shook up the insurance industry with our fresh, customer-focused approach – offering affordable, simple and convenient insurance products direct to South Africans. We have evolved over the years from being a direct life insurer to becoming a multi-distribution insurer in 2013. We are always innovating, always looking for ways to meet South Africans’ evolving needs and change lives for the better.

Everything we do is geared towards making it simpler for our customers to make smart choices and to protect and grow their wealth. Take a look at some of our industry “firsts”:

• the first company to sell life insurance direct to the public online and through our mobi site


• the first life company to launch a USSD policy management service for life policyholders


• the first to in...