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Prevention is Better Than Cure
This is an old saying which can be applied to a lot of things including life insurance; rather have the cover before a calamity than having to pay for costs after one occurs. A good life insurance policy can help alleviate a lot of stress when you need it most.
Created at: 2010-09-21 16:19:46
Looking for Medical Aid in South Africa?
A medical aid policy is something that should never be taken lightly. South Africa has one of the world’s highest crime and road accident rates in the world. This coupled with everyday health issues makes it a necessity to have a good medical aid plan that covers you in any inevitability.
Created at: 2010-09-20 12:35:53
Getting Rid of Credit Cards May Not Be the Answer
Thinking of a burial service for those credit cards that don’t make it out of your wallet often enough? Before you get that spade handy you may need to think whether you will be doing more damage than good and there are some relevant reasons to consider when cancelling a credit card.
Created at: 2010-09-16 15:50:04
Affordable Loans for Easy Credit Consolidation
There are specific situations when debt consolidation is among the best credit solutions available and when it isn't. When talking about the issue of financial obligations, many people become alarmed when anyone suggests unconventional credit solutions...
Created at: 2010-09-09 17:09:07
Smooth Sailing With the Right Boat Insurance
From sailboats to yachts – fishing boats to boats made especially for water sporting, the assortment of watercraft on today’s market makes it more possible than ever before to find the perfect vessel to meet all of an individual’s boating needs. Whether an avid skier, or a beginning sailor, one thing all boaters seem to have in common is enjoying all of the pleasures of sun, sand and water.
Created at: 2010-09-06 17:07:40
Business Insurance Tips
Most business big and small have seen their profits take a slump during the last year because of the financial crisis. This now means that it's become even more problematic to run a business efficiently, it's during times such as these that business owners are forced to make critical decisions which could make or break their business.
Created at: 2010-09-02 09:06:46
Car Insurance Advice
Car insurance is possibly one of the most important types of insurance for South Africans to have. Due to South Africa’s unusually high number of car thefts, hijacking and vehicle accidents, it is understandable that vehicle ownership is associated with a high risk factor and therefore complete cover is necessary.
Created at: 2010-09-02 08:48:53
Low Interest Rate Personal Loans
Everyone has personal aspirations and desires but monetary obligatory often keeps us from attaining them. Getting a personal loan can help you achieve your aspirations. It is a misconception that you have to spend a lot to acquire a personal loan. With a low interest rate personal loan, you can pay little and still achieve more
Created at: 2010-09-01 17:10:04
What You Need to Know about Home Loans
The first step in getting a home loan is to determine your financial and personal positioning for the purchase. These are the two main factors you will need to be concerned with when initiating the purchasing process.
Created at: 2010-08-19 09:16:46
Different Kinds of Business Insurance
Business Insurance is not just something you should consider to be an option, it is simply a necessity. With all the assortment of impending risk that your business could face, proitecting it should be your highest priority. By knowing exactly what kind of insurance you need to purchase, you can limit your risks and save yourself time and money.
Created at: 2010-08-16 16:58:26
Advantages of Loan Comparisons
When it comes to saving time and money, the internet is a great tool to use. No matter what you want to do in life, you can do it quicker and for less money online. Planning a vacation, a wedding or a special event? Buying a home? Changing employment? Buying gifts?
Created at: 2010-08-11 14:54:02
Opt for Top Car Insurance
First off, you need to be sure that the car insurance company will adhere to reliability promises, meaning that they will be actually be there, without any hassle, when a claim occurs. This aspect needs to be ensured before you even begin thinking about the type of car insurance you wish to purchase
Created at: 2010-07-27 12:39:14
Cheap Life Insurance
Avoid paying too much for a quality life insurance policy with some valuable tips that enable buyers to get more coverage with a cheap life insurance policy.
Created at: 2010-07-21 10:17:04
Reducing Credit Card Debt
Reducing your credit card debt after the FIFA World Cup is critical if you have overspent. With the World Cup having recently come to close, a great deal of South Africans will need to check their personal finance and find ways to reduce their credit card debt.
Created at: 2010-07-19 14:57:23
Technology Counters Credit Card Fraud
Credit Card Fraud is declining as banks and financial institutions espouse technological systems such as smart cards and PIN as an alternative to signatures. Up until now, credit card fraud has seen a significant decrease since financial institution began adopting such security measures.
Created at: 2010-07-13 13:49:55
Compulsory Third party Car Insurance in SA?
Are you one of the almost 70% of South Africa’s road users without vehicle insurance? If you are, your (uninsured) ride is about to come to an end.
Created at: 2010-07-06 10:24:43
Credit Application Rejected? Find out Why
Having recently launched the RCS Loan Application and Credit card section of Compareshop we have noticed an increasing amount of people not meeting the loan and/ or credit criteria demanded by banks and credit providers
Created at: 2010-07-06 08:25:51
World Cup Spending VISA in SA
Visa Credit Cards, a proud support of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in SA, has announced today that the South Africa economy is being boosted by International tourist attending the football event in that country. This is according to Visa New Card Holder Spending data which indicates
Created at: 2010-06-25 16:58:43
Obtain Quick Money with Personal Loans
Personal loans are probably the fastest means of fulfilling your needs for money in the quickest process possible. Personal loans for a short term are speedy, simple and immediate ways to obtain some financial assistance at the time when you need it. For the most part, personal loans are unsecured, so you would not be required to put up your house or vehicle as collateral or security
Created at: 2010-06-22 10:34:23
Choosing a Medical Aid Scheme in South Africa
Choosing the right medical aid scheme can be a minefield with the massive amount of medical aid providers in South Africa. The council of Medical Aid Schemes lists over 100, open and restricted, schemes in South Africa. All these options can be intimidating and finding the Medical Aid Scheme right for you requires careful analysis and research.
Created at: 2010-06-22 07:54:47
Life Insurance Can Brings You Assurance in Your Life
Life insurance allows virtually anyone to transfer the financial risks of dying before their time by assuring a payout for members of their family who might otherwise find themselves left with economic turmoil. Life insurance policies nowadays, nonetheless regularly formulate/devise features borrowed from the investment realm – combining customary/conventional insurance with elements of a mutual fund account.
Created at: 2010-06-11 15:39:49
ABSA Personal Loans and Home Loans
Absa Personal Loans Personal loans from Absa are can be paid back over prearranged, set time periods which differ from 12 to 60 months. The interest rate is concurrent to the amount of funds that are made accessible to you, and decided on the remaining loan amount.
Created at: 2010-06-11 14:39:59
Absa and Shoprite launch Women Who Lead
Absa has been in the news recently with more initiatives aimed at improving the lives of more South Africans.
Created at: 2010-06-02 15:07:53
Reducing your Car insurance costs
Recently, the short-term insurance industry has been rocked by a wave of policy cancellations, driven largely by the recent recession. By now you’ve also probably received the inevitable letter from your insurer,
Created at: 2010-06-02 14:36:48
Absa partners with Western Union
Absa and Western Union have partnered on a money transfer system that allows for international money transfers.
Created at: 2010-06-02 12:07:18
Prescribed minimum benefits, your medical aid scheme and you
What are Prescribed Minimum Benefits? There are over 300 medical conditions covered under the Prescribed Minimum Benefits (or PMBs) classification. These include: any emergency medical condition, a limited set of 270 defined medical conditions and 25 defined chronic conditions
Created at: 2010-05-20 16:12:58
Always Research and Compare Car Insurance Quotes
If you are looking for a car, whether it is a brand new model or an older model vehicle with a few former owners, you are always going to compare the features of the car to that of other auto mobiles. However, when it comes to taking out car insurance, the idea of deciding to compare car insurance policies and quotes is usually the last thing that comes to mind.
Created at: 2010-05-18 14:23:50
OLD Mutual Goes Direct with iWYZE Insurance
Old Mutual has come to the direct Insurance party with their newly launched iWYSE Insurance Provider. Billed as Valuables Insurance....
Created at: 2010-05-17 23:09:41
Virgin Money Now Selling Insurance – Like it should be!
Sir Richard Branson is taking on the short term insurance status quo, in South Africa, with an offer which will be hard to refuse....
Created at: 2010-05-13 22:24:20
Understanding Personal Loans
Personal Loans are usually general purpose loans that you can use at your own will. Generally, personal loans are harder to receive and bear stricter qualification requirements than most other loans.
Created at: 2010-05-13 09:48:42
Discovery buys UK’s 4th Largest Medical Aid Provider:
Discover Holding made a bid to buy the Standard Life medical aid division for £138 million (R1.58 Billion) in the belief....
Created at: 2010-05-12 22:14:43
Banking Online Safety Tips
With the increasing popularity of the internet, more and more internet user’s find themselves using online banking as a pivotal tool for managing their finances.
Created at: 2010-05-11 22:09:18
Timing your offshore investments?
For the most part, 2010 has been predictably dicey in terms of investment, with financial markets generally edging upward at a much slower rate than we witnessed in 2009,
Created at: 2010-05-11 17:16:34
Nothing Can Compare to Good Travel Insurance
Travel insurance is an invaluable commodity as it can prevent unforeseen events that could potentially ruin a dream holiday or any sort of travel scenario for that matter.
Created at: 2010-05-10 12:47:10
Investments in South African Property
It is a rather difficult task to explain safe investments as there is no type of investment that be can be considered safe as well as lucrative
Created at: 2010-04-26 15:52:01
Compare Online vs Traditional Banking
With the escalating popularity of the internet, an increasing number of industries are looking for methods to tap into this seamless medium in an attempt to keep up to date with the shifting technological penchant of their customers.
Created at: 2010-04-26 15:28:43
An Honest Car & Home Insurance policy pays!
Compareshop conducted extensive research in South Africa about client falsifying applications for insurance cover. It was found that at least 1 in 7 motorist lied on their application documents in order to benefit from lower insurance premiums.
Created at: 2010-03-30 10:25:38
Why get Home Insurance?
Home insurance can be best described as an insurance policy that is a mixture of personal insurance protecting you against particular perils that can take place in your home. For the most part, the largest investment you make will be your home...
Created at: 2010-03-23 09:19:46
Inflation to follow Electricity Increase:
The impact of Nersa (The National Energy Regulator) granting Eskom a tariff increase of 24.8% would be wide spread and may cost South Africa more than the R385 billion needed to build new power plants.
Created at: 2010-02-26 15:44:54
How to Save on Car Insurance Premiums:
While short term insurance may be a grudge purchase, to some people, it is more than necessary in times of crisis. However with petrol and food price increase; households in South Africa naturally look to their insurance premiums to put more money into their pockets.
Created at: 2010-02-24 22:08:49
Compareshop.co.za is a GO!
After months of strategizing, working the creative and content we are very proud to get this out onto the “interweb”! Compareshop.co.za was conceptualized
Created at: 2009-06-11 10:49:42
