Our offices will be closed over the festive season so we would like to encourage you to save the emergency number for your insurance company. These emergency numbers can be used to lodge claims and add new itemto lodge claims and add new items to your policy. In the event you do have to claim, it must be lodged with your insurance company within 30 days. Please be sure to email the claim number to Kate on katen@octagonfinancial.co.za.

If the claim is not urgent, you can wait until our offices reopen in the new year and we will happily lodge it for you.

Festive season insurance tips

• Make sure your home and/or office alarm works properly and is ON every time you leave the premises. Failure to do so could cause complications to a claim following a robbery.
• If you would like to add items of jewellery to the all-risk section of your policy while you’re away from home these holidays, email your request to Kate before Tuesday, 15 December 2020.
• If your cellphone, tablet, laptop or any other electronic device you are taking with you on your travels, is not listed in the all-risk section of your policy with the respective SIM and/or IMEI number, that device is not covered by your policy. Ensure all mobile devices are correctly insured under the all-risk section.
• Remember, if you leave an insured electronic device like your phone, tablet or laptop in plain view in your car, and it is not stored away out of sight in the boot or cubbyhole, it will not be covered by your insurance policy in the event it is stolen.

Important contact numbers

Store your insurer’s contact number in your phone for quick and easy reference in case of an emergency:

• Renasa/Cover All call centre and claims:  (011) 326 1001 / (011) 380 3080
• Renasa/Cover All emergency assist:  086 173 6272 / 086 179 7798
• Discovery call centre: 086 066 5544 / 086 075 1751
• Discovery claims: (011) 529 3802
• Discovery emergency assist: 086 099 9911
• OMI call centre: 086 063 7373
• OMI claims: (011) 556 6649
• OMI emergency assist: 086 124 7365
• Santam call centre commercial: 086 055 8003
• Santam call centre personal: 086 072 6826
• Santam claims and emergency assist: 086 050 5911 / (011) 853 6681
• Western call centre: (012) 523 0900
• Western claims: (021) 914 0290
• Western road assistance: 086 040 0007
• Momentum call centre: 0860 111 512

App for Momentum clients

Momentum has launched a new app for its short-term insurance clients. I highly recommend you download the app, as it has some very beneficial features.

To download the app:

1. Register on the Momentum website momentum.co.za.
2. Download the Momentum app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
3. Once installed, log in with the username and password you used to register on the momentum.co.za website.

From all of us at Octagon, thank you for your ongoing support this year.

We wish you and your loved ones a happy and safe festive season, and all the best for 2021.