• Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • About Us
  • Contact
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
  • Login
  • Register
No Result
View All Result
Yo School Mag
  • Home
  • Community
  • News
    • Politics
    • Crime
    • Provincial
    • National
  • Entertainment
    • Events
  • Sports
    • Schools Sports
    • Club Sports
  • Local Business
  • About Us
DONATE
  • Home
  • Community
  • News
    • Politics
    • Crime
    • Provincial
    • National
  • Entertainment
    • Events
  • Sports
    • Schools Sports
    • Club Sports
  • Local Business
  • About Us
No Result
View All Result
Yo School Mag
No Result
View All Result
Home Uncategorized

Invitation to beta-test Bi-me, the digital broker for small business 

by mzukona
June 18, 2024
in Uncategorized
0 0
0
Invitation to beta-test Bi-me, the digital broker for small business 
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Most small businesses and start-ups in South Africa don’t buy insurance because it’s too onerous, costly and time-consuming, forcing them to gamble with their future. Until now, that is.

Bi-me, a digital broker that specifically provides business insurance to small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs), is about to launch in the South African marketplace. Modelled on its parent, the Australian success story that is BizCover, and partnered with leading short-term insurance brands, Bi-me is set to change the face of business insurance in South Africa.

Michael Gottlieb, founder and CEO of BizCover says, “With Bi-me entering the South African market small businesses are set to reap the benefits of a platform that provides them with a transparent way to compare their insurance options and empowers them to cover the risks they want to cover with the insurers they choose.

“The high calibre of partners already on the platform and a market where businesses are open to adopting innovative propositions provides Bi-me with a massive opportunity to disrupt a very traditional and sizeable industry that has not yet embraced technology.”

An invitation to try out the Bi-me platform

Bi-me is so confident in its platform, which is currently undergoing beta testing, that it invites small business owners, early technology adopters and the media to try it out.

“The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” says Bi-me CEO Francois Potgieter. “Rather than trying to persuade people that our platform can do what we say it does – in other words, provide small business owners with quick, easy, relevant insurance – we would rather have it speak for itself.

“So we invite small business owners, early adopters and the media to explore and use our platform. Interested parties will be given the opportunity to create a test account and ‘buy’ insurance.

“We’re so confident that our platform will stand up to rigorous testing that all successful test users will be entered into a lucky draw, where several cool prizes will be up for grabs.

“Our small disclaimer is that there is a possibility that you may run a business or have a profession that doesn’t yet have a risk assessment profile. In that case, you’ll need to talk to a human, but you will be doing everybody else in your sector a solid favour by helping us to train our artificial intelligence.”

The (small) business case for Bi-me

“Fewer than half, and possibly only a third, of South Africa’s 750 000 formal small businesses are insured. Yet in a sector where cash flow is king, it takes just one unforeseen calamity to upset an SMME’s balance sheet and spell disaster,” says Potgieter.

“Just as BizCover’s founders were bothered that time-starved small business owners had to jump through hoops to get their dream ventures insured, putting up with big players who don’t really cater to them, time-consuming paperwork and processes, lack of transparency and poor service, we believe that South Africa’s entrepreneurs deserve a better deal.

“The bottom line? Insurance for small business should be easy – hence the Bi-me brand: Business Insurance Made Easy.”

The Bi-me platform, at www.bi-me.co.za, provides small business owners with the information they need to grasp their exact insurance requirements, compare products, and easily and conveniently buy insurance, backed up by strong claims service.

Bi-me is already underwritten by three of South Africa’s leading short-term insurance brands: Hollard Insure, iTOO and Discovery, with more in the offing. For Hollard Insure CEO Willie Lategan, Bi-me is a new broker partner, albeit a digital one.

“Hollard Insure’s business model is a broker-facing one. We believe passionately in partnering with brokers, and in the value – in terms of the expert advice and service they provide – that only brokers can offer our policyholders.

“Bi-me, therefore, fits perfectly with the way we do business: it provides customers with the knowledge they need to make sound insurance decisions, backed by great products and strong claims support, on a platform that is easy to use, quick and convenient,” says Lategan.

Discovery Insure CEO Anton Ossip says that helping small businesses protect themselves against unexpected losses is not only good for them, but the South African economy as well.

“More than a fifth of the South African economy’s turnover is generated by small businesses, which also employ millions of people. SMMEs are thus a major driver of our economy, yet they are the most vulnerable to shocks.

“Insurance exists so that economies can function properly, and that extends to those vital smaller economic players, too. Entrepreneurs start businesses because they have a great idea and a passion to make it work, and there should be no reason why they have to bet that passion against the hope that everything will be OK,” Ossip says.

mzukona

mzukona

Nyakaza Media Solutions, founded to empower schools, helps learners research, write, and publish newsletters, bulletins, and maintain websites. With a mission to promote dialogue on issues affecting young people, the organisation encourages learners to celebrate excellence, embrace growth, and strive for greatness. Nyakaza Media Solutions aims to foster better individuals and future South African leaders through positive and productive behaviour.

Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter and receive news updates, latest competitions and also exciting event announcements.

This initiative is offered by

Member of

Developed by

Category

About Us

Yo School Mag

Nyakaza Media Solutions - Yo School Magazine

Nyakaza Media Solutions, founded to empower schools, helps learners research, write, and publish newsletters, bulletins, and maintain websites. With a mission to promote dialogue on issues affecting young people, the organisation encourages learners to celebrate excellence, embrace growth, and strive for greatness. Nyakaza Media Solutions aims to foster better individuals and future South African leaders through positive and productive behaviour.

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy (ZA)

© 2023 ePress - digitise your media outlet.

No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • Municpality
  • Local Business
  • Provincial
  • National
  • Entertainment
  • Events
  • Schools
  • Announcements
  • Sports
  • Community
  • Letter
  • Crime
  • People
  • Local Heros
  • Food

© 2023 ePress - digitise your media outlet.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Manage Cookie Consent
We use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}