Sassa beneficiaries asked to sign funeral policy mandates
“Approximately 500 000 beneficiaries with these policies still need to visit Sassa offices to authorise Sassa to continue processing the deductions.”
The SA social security agency (Sassa) has urged beneficiaries who have funeral policy deductions coming off their accounts to visit their nearest office.
In a statement, Sassa said beneficiaries had to request Sassa to facilitate the payment of premiums for their funeral policies directly from their social grants, on condition that the request met the requirements of the social assistance act.
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“Approximately 500 000 beneficiaries with these policies still need to visit Sassa offices to complete forms confirming that Sassa can continue processing the deduction from their social grants. A funeral policy premium is the only deduction that is allowed to come off a social grant before the grant is paid to the beneficiary,” read the statement.
Sassa said beneficiaries with current deductions for funeral policy premiums were urged to respond without delay to ensure that their funeral policies remained valid.
“Failure to visit Sassa to sign the authorising forms may lead to Sassa terminating the deductions. This may result in the policy lapsing as a result of failure to pay it. If the premium is not paid consistently the insurer may refuse to pay a claim in the event of the death of a beneficiary, which will cause hardship to their families.”
Sassa said only beneficiaries who have funeral policy premiums deducted from their social grant were affected and therefore, those without such deductions did not have to approach Sassa for this purpose.
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