Transition Announcement: GetUp Funeral Plans will transition to Metropolitan Funeral Plan

We’re not saying goodbye…  But we are saying hello to the next chapter.  Metropolitan GetUp is integrating into Metropolitan – together we are making our digital self-service capabilities available across the full breadth of the business, so that more South Africans can enjoy market-leading protection.  Metropolitan    Clients will continue to be served and protected […]

As the South African insurance industry struggles with premium collections, Metropolitan GetUp launches an innovative flexible payment solution to better serve their clients and solve for the current industry-wide issue. Prin Munsamy, Solutions Actuary at Metropolitan GetUp explains that from a business perspective, “Premium collection is currently the most challenging part of an insurance product’s […]

We’ve gotten stretchier and it’s time for you to do the same! Our Cover Stretch benefit is an innovative, market-leading feature of your funeral plan that means you don’t have to worry when times are tough because you get to stay protected. With our solution, if you miss a premium, you will still retain a […]

One of our core goals at GetUp is to put people in the driver’s seat of their financial lives. This manifests in the solutions we create for protection but, we also have exciting initiatives that we drive to empower the next generation of digital-savvy South Africans. The MMH Youth Entrepreneur Development Programme is designed to […]

During the pandemic, the insurance industry like the rest of the world had to adapt to the new reality which included facing an unprecedented volume of claims.

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Words like ‘pivot’, ‘agility’ and ‘digital transformation’ have become so prevalent these past few months that they have started to lose their significance.

South Africans are more educated about funeral cover and buy it more than any other insurance in the country. With 15 million active funeral cover policies, non-insurers have also decided to enter this “lucrative” market.

GetUp, a new arm of Metropolitan that offers innovative financial solutions geared towards a younger, digitally-savvy consumer, has collaborated with CompariSure in order to offer financial solutions via social media, with the aim of expanding its digital service channel.

Life is complex and often people need a variety of solutions to satisfy their unique needs and circumstances. The financial service industry is complex and it’s better to deal with “specialists in a specific field” than with “Jacks of all trades”.

Metropolitan is introducing a unique offering to the market: GetUp, a new arm of its business, will offer innovative financial solutions geared towards a younger, digitally-savvy consumer.