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  • Vitality named official Wellness Partner of HYROX South Africa

    Johannesburg, 14 July 2025 - Discovery Vitality is proud to announce its official partnership with HYROX South Africa, the world’s fastest-growing fitness racing series. This exciting collaboration introduces a dynamic new way for Vitality members to stay active, push their limits, and earn Vitality points through participation in HYROX events and training.
    As part of this partnership, Vitalit

  • Vitality Health International partners with Acacia Health Insurance to launch innovative, healthy living reward-based insurance

    Accra, Ghana, 10 July 2025 – Health insurance provider, Vitality Health International in partnership with leading in-market insurer Acacia Health Insurance, recently hosted an engaging roundtable discussion in Ghana, to highlight the transformative impact of wellness-driven health insurance. Discussions focused on how incentivising healthy behaviour can create a healthier, more productive workforc

  • Jozi gears up for the Rockies Gerald Fox Memorial Race with Vitality Run Series

    Johannesburg, 8 July 2025 – One of Johannesburg’s most anticipated races is back this weekend as runners and walkers of all fitness levels gather for the Rockies Gerald Fox Memorial Race, part of the Vitality Run Series.
    Race Details:
    Date: Sunday, 13 July 2025
    Start Time: From 07:30
    Start Locations:
    5 km – Zoo Lake Sports Club 10 km & 21.1 km – Jan Smuts Drive
    Fini

  • The smart move: How having life cover when you’re young is a power play for your future

    Concerts, weddings, and wild adventures – your crew is making memories. What about your future? Life insurance may not be on your radar yet but locking it in early could be the smartest financial decision you ever make. This Savings Month (July), Discovery Life shares insights on why young professionals should consider the invaluable benefits of life cover.
    Protecting your phone and car agains

  • Discovery wins Gold at the Qorus Innovation in Insurance Awards 2025

    24 June 2025: Discovery won the Gold Award for its Personal Health Pathways innovation at this year’s Qorus-NTT DATA Innovation in Insurance Awards, held at a ceremony in Warsaw on the 17th of June. Personal Health Pathways won the top accolade in the “Re-imagining the Customer Experience” category, which recognises innovations that significantly enhance the way that companies engage with customer

  • Discovery Pothole Patrol celebrates four years of making Joburg’s roads safer for all

    Johannesburg, June 04, 2025 – Discovery Pothole Patrol celebrates an important milestone – four years of partnership with the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) and the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) to facilitate the repair of potholes in the Johannesburg metro.
    “In 2021, Discovery Insure launched Discovery Pothole Patrol to support the JRA and CoJ in their vital work of repairing potholes and making

  • Get Moving, SA! Schools Join the Race to Donate 100,000 Pairs of Sports Shoes

    Johannesburg, 3 June 2025 – In anticipation of Global Running Day on June 4th, Discovery Vitality announces an extension to its Give2Move initiative – which aims to collect 100,000 pairs of new or gently worn running shoes for disadvantaged communities. South African primary and secondary schools across the country are now invited to donate gently worn running shoes, soccer boots or any other spor

  • UN Special Advocate Queen Máxima meets Discovery Bank on financial health, youth literacy programme, and research lab plans

    Cape Town, 21 May 2025 – Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate (UNSGSA) for Financial Health met with Discovery Bank CEO, Hylton Kallner, and other guests at Discovery Store in Sea Point, Cape Town. They explored the bank’s fully digital behaviour-change programme, Vitality Money, and how it enables financial health through science-bas

  • Discovery Green and Sasol launch Ampli Energy to unlock renewable energy access for all South African businesses

    Keynotes:
    Discovery Green and Sasol launch Ampli Energy, a market-first, no-fee, no-risk, no-hassle, month-to-month renewable energy product for South African businesses of all sizes.
    Ampli Energy pays businesses monthly cashback to replace their electricity consumption with clean, grid-delivered renewable energy.
    Delivered through Eskom’s national grid via wheeling, Ampli requires n

  • S.Africans still feeling pressure, with busy lifestyles increasing the need for convenience and digital services: SpendTrend25 report

    Johannesburg, 10 April 2025 – Discovery Bank and Visa today released their new SpendTrend25 report, their third annual collaborative report of South African consumer spending habits based on an in-depth analysis of credit card spend data. Combining their extensive datasets and analytical expertise, SpendTrend25 tracks how consumer spending habits have evolved between 2019 and 2024 among Discovery

  • Discovery’s new phase of growth results in strong performance, with Discovery Bank continuing to perform ahead of plan

    Johannesburg, 4 March 2025 – Discovery today presented its interim financial results for the six-months ended 31 December 2024 to the investor community.
    Group Chief Executive, Adrian Gore, provided context to the Group’s strong performance and consistent growth across the two composites of the business. “We have emerged from a cycle of significant investment, which focused on creating new aven

  • Groundbreaking health insurance offering by Vitality Health International and Strategis provides comprehensive cover with flexible plans, malaria benefit and more

    Vitality Health International’s health insurance offering which employers can provide to their staff, presented through Strategis’ in-market insurance expertise, brings innovative new benefits to Tanzania, including a range of four flexible plan options, a Malaria Benefit, and the Vitality behaviour-change rewards programme.
    Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 13 February 2025 – Health insurance provider

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