The top mental health illnesses that dominated the company's claims were major depression, schizophrenia, and dementia.
For life protection claims, the company said the proportion of suicides increased to 5.8% last year, from 2.6% in 2020, while income protection claims for mental illness-related claims increased to 7.1% in 2021 from a previous 5.8%. "It hasn't really abated; it is because we are still going through Covid, and people are still losing their jobs, and it is taking its toll," she said.
The group reported its interim results through March, showing a 2% increase in revenue to R10.3 billion. It said the physical and mental health symptoms arising in people suffering from long Covid, will likely influence demand for medical services such as primary care, dialysis, acute care, and mental health. It said medical experts had identified more than 200 conditions and long-term effects related to long Covid.
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