How Your Tyre and Wheel Choices Actually Affect Your Car Insurance
Most South African drivers know that a modified engine or a lowered suspension needs to be declared to their insurer. Far fewer realise that something as ordinary-seeming as upgrading to bigger wheels or fitting performance tyres falls into exactly the same category,...
What Type of Car Insurance Cover Do You Actually Need?
South African car insurance comes in three main tiers, comprehensive, third party fire and theft, and third party only, plus a fourth option, total loss cover, that's become increasingly common for older vehicles. The right one for you depends on your car's value,...
Extended Car Warranty Insurance in South Africa: What You Actually Need to Know
South Africans are keeping their cars for longer than ever, the average vehicle on the country's roads is now 10 years and 11 months old, according to Lightstone Auto data reported in mid-2026, with 47% of the passenger car fleet between 6 and 15 years old and a...
Best Car Insurance for Young Drivers under 25 in South Africa
Drivers under 25 pay significantly more for car insurance in South Africa, and the gap isn't small: young drivers can pay two to three times what their parents pay for equivalent cover. This isn't arbitrary. According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation,...
Company Car Insurance in South Africa: What Employees and Employers Need to Know
Driving a company car comes with a common assumption, that insurance is handled, the cover is comprehensive, and there is nothing to worry about. For many South African employees, that assumption is never tested until something goes wrong. A claim is submitted, and...
Online Car Insurance Quotes in South Africa: Compare, Switch and Save in Minutes
South African drivers are paying more for car insurance than they need to. Not because good value does not exist, but because most people get one quote, accept it and renew automatically every year without ever checking whether a better option is available. The result...
Car Insurance With No Excess in South Africa
When your car is written off, stolen or hijacked, the last thing you want is a bill from your insurer before they will help you. Yet that is exactly what a standard car insurance excess does. Before your insurer pays out a rand, you are expected to cover the first...
Car Insurance – What are the benefits of car Insurance
Car insurance is not compulsory in South Africa, and it shows: around 65% of the country's roughly 13.4 million registered vehicles are estimated to be uninsured, according to the South African Insurance Association. That means roughly 8.7 million cars on South...
Extended Warranty vs a New Car: Which Makes Sense?
Extended car warranty insurance is best understood as a service contract, not insurance in the classic sense: you pay a premium, and in exchange, the provider agrees to pay for specific mechanical or electrical failures that happen unexpectedly, rather than...
Extended Car Warranty – Which Companies to avoid
Extended car warranty insurance companies to avoid Extended car warranty insurance is a service contract between the car owner and a car warranty provider. The service plan protects your vehicle from mechanical breakdown. It can be seen as an extension of a service...
Extended Car Warranty – Insurance that covers every eventuality
When you purchase a new car you are provided with a warranty by the manufacturer for repairs and maintenance within a certain period and a certain mileage for example 3 years and 100 000 km. The manufacturers warranty only covers certain warranty items and you should...
Car Insurance – The different types and how to get the best deal
In today’s world we have to protect ourselves from unforeseen events. If you own a car you should ensure that your vehicle is insured no matter how old your car is. If your car is financed, you are required to have car insurance and getting Competitive car insurance...
Car Insurance Quotes South Africa
Car Insurance Quotes in South Africa have become the standard way in which consumers are able to save on the car insurance. In the case of Insurance Companies and their competitive nature, getting car insurance quotes in South Africa has lead to an enormous saving for...
Offset the cost of eTolls by saving on your Car Insurance
eToll costs are looming on the horizon for all of us in Gauteng since the Constitutional court yesterday set aside the Interdict imposed by the North Gauteng High Court earlier this year. While the fight is still not over to halt etolling, the reality is that at some...