Providing specialist insurance solutions through quality and care.

Legal Expenses Insurance Southern Africa Limited (LEZA) has a track record spanning more than 35 years and is the only specialist Legal Expenses Insurer in South Africa.

SOUTH AFRICA

Protect your family’s legal rights. LegalWise provides para-legal services and we will pay the legal fees for a lawyer to represent you and your family in court. Get a lawyer on your side

BOTSWANA

Protect your family’s legal rights. LegalWise provides para-legal services and we will pay the legal fees for a lawyer to represent you and your family in court. Get a lawyer on your side.

NAMIBIA

Protect your family’s legal rights. LegalWise provides para-legal services and we will pay the legal fees for a lawyer to represent you and your family in court. Get a lawyer on your side.

SOUTH AFRICA

Strike back legally with legal protection for you and your family. We provide solutions to legal problems at low premiums. Our members have access to para-legal advice and panel attorneys to represent them.

SOUTH AFRICA

We provide quick turnaround funeral cover when you need it most, designed to meet your needs at premiums that suit your pocket. It has never been easier to get and #staylifewise.

Our Companies and Brands

SOUTH AFRICA

Protect your family’s legal rights. LegalWise provides para-legal services and we will pay the legal fees for a lawyer to represent you and your family in court. Get a lawyer on your side

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BOTSWANA

Protect your family’s legal rights. LegalWise provides para-legal services and we will pay the legal fees for a lawyer to represent you and your family in court. Get a lawyer on your side.

VISIT SITE

NAMIBIA

Protect your family’s legal rights. LegalWise provides para-legal services and we will pay the legal fees for a lawyer to represent you and your family in court. Get a lawyer on your side.

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SCORPION

Strike back legally with legal protection for you and your family. We provide solutions to legal problems at low premiums. Our members have access to para-legal advice and panel attorneys to represent them.

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FAMILY INSURANCE

Microinsurer providing trusted and affordable funeral insurance cover. A range of flexible plans giving you and your family peace of mind. Distributed through the LifeWise brand and Scorpion.

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LIFEWISE

We provide quick turnaround funeral cover when you need it most, designed to meet your needs at premiums that suit your pocket. It has never been easier to get and #staylifewise.


VISIT SITE

SCORPION

Strike back legally with legal protection for you and your family. We provide solutions to legal problems at low premiums. Our members have access to para-legal advice and panel attorneys to represent them.

VISIT SITE

LIFEWISE

We provide quick turnaround funeral cover when you need it most, designed to meet your needs at premiums that suit your pocket. It has never been easier to get and #staylifewise.


VISIT SITE

Legal Expenses Insurance Southern Africa

LEZA is a registered non-life insurer that provides legal expenses cover. LEZA was the pioneer in the legal expenses insurance industry in Southern Africa with a track record now spanning more than 35 years.

It all began with a humble South African making a simple gesture of saying “thank you”, after our founder, as a Legal Aid employee, had referred him to an attorney. He offered to pay our founder ten rand every month for the rest of his life, if the latter promised to help him with his legal problems for the rest of his life. Although this innocent gesture could not be accepted, he had inadvertently identified an enormous need in our society.

We believe that independence and speciality are crucial components of legal protection and insurance services. This has ensured that since our inception and for the years to come, our Members’ interests come first.

Our vision is to be the first choice for agile, quality and affordable solutions, giving our partners the freedom to focus on their core business. Through our actions we strive to be accountable, driven, genuine, resourceful and caring.

_____ STATUTORY & LEGAL DOCUMENTS

LEZA is a registered non-life insurer that provides legal expenses cover. LEZA was the pioneer in legal expenses insurance.

___Directors

Gilbert John Melles Carlin

Chairman. Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 01/06/2010.

B Comm (Wits), CA(SA).More than 40 years in the insurance industry as Financial and Investment Director.

 

Thabo Dloti

Non-Executive Director

Appointed 01/11/2023.

BSc (Actuarial Science),
Over 26 years working in and leading insurance and asset management businesses in South Africa.

Carel Jan Luwes

Executive Director & Group CEO

Appointed 08/10/1996.

B Comm (Hons), CA(SA). More than 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry. 

Eon du Toit

Executive Director & CEO

Appointed 26/06/2018.

B Comm (Hons), CA(SA). Over 18 years’ experience in the insurance industry. Previously appointed as Financial Director.

Stefanos Theofanidis

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 18/01/2018.

B Compt (Hons). Executive and Non-Executive Director of companies in the insurance industry, more than 31 years’ experience in the industry.

YuSuF
BODIAT

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 28/02/2022.

BAccSci and HDipAcc (Wits), CA(SA), Certified Director (IODSA)

Over 15-years’ experience in the financial services industry.

MMULE MPAKANYANE

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 28/02/2022.

LLB (Wits), Advocate of the High Court and member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates.

More than 15-years in the insurance industry, 7 years practicing law.

Besa Ruele

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 01/11/2023.

BSc Mathematics,
Member of Institute of Actuaries. Over 16-years in the insurance industry and current CEO of a leading Life Insurer.

LAZARUS DOCTER MOKOENA

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 18/09/2024.

B.Comm (Wits), Hons B.Compt/CTA (Unisa), CA(SA), MBL (Unisa SBL), LLB (Unisa)

Over 30 years’ experience across various industries in both the public and private sector. Currently CEO of a leading auditing firm.

CONTACT INFO

LEZA FAIS Compliance Officer

Email: faiscompliance@leza.co.za

LEZA Group PAIA Information Officer

Email: paia@leza.co.za

LEZA POPI Information Officer

Email: popi-informationofficer@leza.co.za

LEZA Customer Care (for compliments and complaints)

Email: customercare@leza.co.za

Anonymous whistleblowing (protected disclosure of information)

Whatsapp: +27313084664
E-mail address:
leza@whistleblowing.co.za
Online: http://www.whistleblowing.co.za/

The Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance

Email: info@osti.co.za

The FAIS Ombud

Email: info@faisombud.co.za

    GET IN TOUCH WITH US

    Providing specialist insurance solutions through quality and care.

    Legal Expenses Insurance Southern Africa Limited (LEZA) has a track record spanning more than 35 years and is the only specialist Legal Expenses Insurer in South Africa.

    SOUTH AFRICA

    Protect your family’s legal rights. LegalWise provides para-legal services and we will pay the legal fees for a lawyer to represent you and your family in court. Get a lawyer on your side.

    BOTSWANA

    Protect your family’s legal rights. LegalWise provides para-legal services and we will pay the legal fees for a lawyer to represent you and your family in court. Get a lawyer on your side.

    NAMIBIA

    Protect your family’s legal rights. LegalWise provides para-legal services and we will pay the legal fees for a lawyer to represent you and your family in court. Get a lawyer on your side.

    Strike back legally with legal protection for you and your family. We provide solutions to legal problems at low premiums. Our members have access to para-legal advice and panel attorneys to represent them.

    We provide quick turnaround funeral cover when you need it most, designed to meet your needs at premiums that suit your pocket. It has never been easier to get and #staylifewise.

    Legal Expenses Insurance Southern Africa

    LEZA is a registered non-life insurer that provides legal expenses cover. LEZA was the pioneer in the legal expenses insurance industry in Southern Africa with a track record now spanning more than 35 years.

    It all began with a humble South African making a simple gesture of saying “thank you”, after our founder, as a Legal Aid employee, had referred him to an attorney. He offered to pay our founder ten rand every month for the rest of his life, if the latter promised to help him with his legal problems for the rest of his life. Although this innocent gesture could not be accepted, he had inadvertently identified an enormous need in our society.

    We believe that independence and speciality are crucial components of legal protection and insurance services. This has ensured that since our inception and for the years to come, our Members’ interests come first.

    Our vision is to be the first choice for agile, quality and affordable solutions, giving our partners the freedom to focus on their core business.

    Through our actions we strive to be accountable, driven, genuine, resourceful and caring.

    LEZA is a registered non-life insurer that provides legal expenses cover. LEZA was the pioneer in legal expenses insurance

    Directors

    Gilbert John Melles Carlin

    Chairman. Independent Non-Executive Director

    Appointed 01/06/2010.
    B Comm (Wits), CA(SA). 35 years in the insurance industry as Financial and Investment Director.




    Peter de Smidt

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Appointed 26/05/1995.
    Bsc (Eng) Civil (Natal), BCom (Hons) Economics (Unisa), MBA (Cape Town), AMP (Wharton) 6 years Civil Engineering, 3 years Merchant Banking, 28 years in the insurance industry as Executive Director and Director of companies.

    Carel Jan Luwes

    Executive Director

    Appointed 08/10/1996.

    B Comm (Hons), CA(SA). 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry.

    Vincenzo Antonio Fornali

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Appointed 15/03/2001.

    BA (Unisa). Ex CEO of LegalWise and 15 years’ experience in the insurance industry.

    Eon du Toit

    Executive Director & CEO

    Appointed 26/06/2018.

    B Comm (Hons), CA(SA). 15 years’ experience in the insurance industry. Previously appointed as Financial Director.

    Stefanos Theofanidis

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Appointed 18/01/2018.

    B Compt (Hons). Currently, Executive and Non-Executive Director of companies in the insurance industry, member of the Group Executive Committee and Divisional MD of the 3rd largest insurer in RSA for 10 years, 28 years’ experience in the insurance industry and 21 years’ experience in Private Equity and M&A,
    has run own business.

    Sivapragashani Gengan

    Executive Director

    Appointed 24/06/2019.

    B Proc, LLB, Post graduate Diploma in Corporate Governance and Compliance, Admitted Attorney, Conveyancer, Notary Public. 24 years’ experience in the insurance industry.

    Yusuf Bodiat

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Appointed 28/02/2022.

    BAccSci and HDip Acc (Wits), CA(SA), 5 years audit experience, 5 years in the insurance industry.

    Mmule Mpakanyane

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Appointed 28/02/2022.

    LLB (Wits), Advocate of the High Court and member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates, 14 years in the insurance industry, 5 years practicing law.

    CONTACT INFO

    LEZA FAIS Compliance Officer
    Email: faiscompliance@leza.co.za

    LEZA Group PAIA Information Officer
    Email: paia@leza.co.za

    LEZA POPI Information Officer
    Email: popi-informationofficer@leza.co.za

    LEZA Customer Care (for compliments and complaints)
    Email: customercare@leza.co.za

    Anonymous whistleblowing (protected disclosure of information)
    E-mail address: pi@ethics-line.com

    Insurance fraud reporting
    Email: insurance@fraudline.co.za

    The Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance
    Email: info@osti.co.za

    The FAIS Ombud
    Email: info@faisombud.co.za

      GET IN TOUCH WITH US