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Standing strong together: Why protecting your workers matters more than ever
When we talk about the financial welfare of the South African workforce, it often takes a corporate turn, leaving out the workers on the frontline. The article below explores the importance of essential workers and why protecting these workers has such a large positive impact.
Mind the gap: Hard choices for families where a breadwinner is gone
The article below reflects on the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) report of 2025 and the implications it has for the insurance industry going forward. Click the link below to find out why insurance coverage is becoming so important.
Beyond the harvest: Why funeral cover counts
Farming begins and ends with people. The ones who plant, pick, and pack. The ones who keep the land alive. And when tragedy hits one of them, the impact isn’t theirs alone – it’s felt across the community. Click on the article below to find out how our products are designed for farmers, and why these products are so valuable in the agricultural sector.
Why employee benefits are good for people (and for business)
Every business, no matter the industry, has one thing in common: people. So naturally, when your people are taken care of, your business excels. This article explores why employee benefits are becoming a necessity and dissects the positive ripple effect these benefits can have on your business.
Beyond benefits: Why staff wellness starts with security.
It’s common knowledge that your people are the backbone of your business. In this article, we reflect on Corporate Wellness Week that took place in July of 2025. We dive into what wellness really means, how employers can show their staff that their wellbeing matters and how Simply’s products prioritise employee welfare.
Simply Boer campaign brings affordable staff protection for South Africa’s agricultural workforce
We launched our “Simply Boer” campaign at Nampo 2024 and the campaign returned for the Nampo Harvest Day in May of 2025. Read the article to find out more about the product that this campaign offers, tailored to protect farm workers and their families.
Simply’s commitment to the agricultural sector
Founder of Simply, Ant Miller, has a conversation on LandBou, an agricultural radio station. He discusses Simply, the gap we hope to fill in the insurance market, the value our Group Cover has for both employers and employees, and the ways in which these benefits are especially evident in the agricultural sector.
R10,000 funeral cover free for agricultural staff
Simply launched the Simply Boer Campaign in 2024, at the Nampo Harvest Day, Africa’s premier agricultural expo. The campaign is designed to provide South African farmers and agribusinesses with affordable, accessible financial solutions to protect farm workers.
Simply Financial Services announces a recent partnership with PaySpace, a top-notch payroll solutions provider. This collaboration makes it easier than ever to buy staff cover and manage employee data. As employees come and go, policies stay current without any extra hassle.
Simply integrates with SAGE for staff cover sign up
Simply Financial Services is excited to announce the launch of Simply Staff Cover on the Sage marketplace. This innovative integration allows employers to sign up their staff for flexible cover in just 10 minutes, seamlessly integrating employee data with a single click.
Simply on Shapeshifter, Cape Talk
Bruce Whitfield talks to Simply CEO on the ShapeShifter show. “My partner and I started the business with a very conscious sense of purpose. ..If we can get this right it can have a very positive impact on the lives of lots of people…”
The essential safety net
In South Africa, Workers’ Day on 1 May isn’t just a public holiday to kick back and relax – it’s a reflection of the hard-earned rights and the value of the workforce that drives the nation’s engine. Amid the festivities, however, lies an often overlooked aspect of labour rights: the critical importance of securing life, disability, and funeral cover for employees.
Espresso Show talks to Simply
Ant Miller, CEO talks to Espresso Morning Show about Simply Staff Cover and what it is providing for SMEs in South Africa.
Get your 10k funeral cover, free to you
Can’t afford to give your staff a 13th cheque this year? Do you wish you could give them more benefits? Simply offers a no-cost, no-commitment funeral cover for SMEs and NPOs. Free to you. Visit simply.co.za.
Hollard’s strategic investment in Simply
In a move poised to shake up the South African mass-market life insurance landscape, the Hollard Group has made a significant strategic investment in SA-based insurtech, Simply Financial Services.
Rethinking your funeral policy
Read the article below to here one of Simply’s partners, Simon Nicholson, discuss the importance of consolidating your funeral policy. He also discusses the common error that South Africans make when choosing insurance policies, and advises on how to correct this mistake.
Unprecedented 300% growth in paperless intermediary sales
The article below follows a conversation with Simply founder Ant Miller discussing how COVID-19 actually sky rocketed company sales, with Simply being in the right place at the right time.
More on: Simply’s collaboration with PaySpace
“Future Proof Mzansi” podcast interviews our founder Ant Miller. Listen to this episode to hear more about Simply’s collaboration with PaySpace and the mutual benefits this partnership holds.
Ant’s reflection of 2021 and an outlook for 2022
Simply’s founder Ant Miller reflects on 2021, a year of “mixed fortunes”, as he refers to it, and a year with much pandemic-oriented uncertainty. Read the article to hear his advice for role players in the insurance industry, and the overall trends the industry experienced and is forecasted to face in the year ahead.
The importance of employee welfare
Simply’s founder, Ant Miller, discusses the interdependence of employee wellbeing and business success. Read the article below to learn more about the holistic concept of employee welfare, and the actionable steps employers can take to improve workforce wellbeing.
Simply sees a surge in broker sales post COVID-19
The major adoption of technology platforms and the shift in consumer spending behaviour that followed, presented a huge opportunity to Simply and to the business’s relationship with its brokers. Read the article below to find out how COVID-19 posed multiple benefits to insurance brokers.
Forward-thinking product innovations post COVID-19
Reinsurance Group of America discusses notable product innovations that are in alignment with the business, technological and other adjustments that were necessary post COVID-19. Simply’s founder Ant Miller discusses the lack of group life products for SMEs in South Africa and the flexibility of our insurance products, as well as our business readiness for the digital wave of the post-pandemic period.
Simply Financial Services (Pty) Ltd is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 47146).
Hollard Life Assurance Company Limited (Reg No. 1993/001405/06), a Licensed Life Insurer and an authorised Financial Services Provider.