Women generally do pay less for car insurance in South Africa, and the most current data backs this up with real numbers. According to King Price's own claims data, published in August 2026, women pay around 18% less than men on average, and still around 12% less even...
Are Women's car insurance premiums really that much cheaper? Hell yes, it has been shown over and over that women are far more careful than men in almost all aspects of being on the road, excluding of course those of you who insist on applying mascara or make up while...
If your car is more than 5 years old and either about to go out of the warranty period or is out of the warranty period, you are able to extend your car warranty period for a number of years by using extended car warranty insurance. The very last thing you need is to...
The best comprehensive car insurance means different things to different people but generally fall into one of the following 2 categories. In most cases the best car insurance means the cheapest premium with the lowest possible excess. We must remember that with a car...
Roadside assistance is such an important part of your car insurance or as an offering from your Vehicle manufacturer that offers you assistance in times of need and it is advised that you check what roadside assistance you have and then compare with what you can get...
Women under 25 will qualify for cheaper car insurance than men under 25 and in order to get cheap car insurance for women under 25 you need to select an insurer that caters for women. The reason for this is that statistically women under are less likely to be involved...
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...
If your mental picture of driving in South Africa still involves navigating dead robots every afternoon, it's worth updating. As of publication, Eskom has gone more than 475 consecutive days without implementing national load shedding, a genuine turnaround from the...
Most South African drivers assume that if a pothole damages their car, their insurer is the only place to turn. That's not quite right, and getting it right matters, because you generally can't pursue both routes for the same incident. You can claim against your own...
If you have been driving for several years without making an insurance claim, you may have built up one of the most valuable benefits on your car insurance policy: a no-claim bonus. A no-claim bonus, sometimes called a claims-free discount, can help reduce the cost of...
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,...
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,...
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...
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,...
Most students and young drivers run into the same problem when they try to insure a car: a handful of risk factors stack up against them specifically, regardless of how careful a driver they actually are, and the resulting premium can come as a genuine shock. The good...