LONG- AND SHORT-TERM HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE: 2026 BENEFIT ESCALATIONS PUBLISHED, IN FORCE

LONG- AND SHORT-TERM HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE: 2026 BENEFIT ESCALATIONS PUBLISHED, IN FORCE

• 02 September 2026
• Financial Sector
• SA Legal Academy

National Treasury has issued a media statement confirming Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s approval of the 2026 annual policy benefit escalations as defined by demarcation regulations under the 1998 Long-term (LTI) and Short-term Insurance (STI) Acts. Published on the National Treasury website, the escalations:

• reflect the 2025 Consumer Price Index inflation rate
• update the maximum policy benefit amounts applicable, and
• are retrospectively effective from 1 April 2026.

This is noting that certain policies have been excluded from the 1998 Medical Schemes Act since April 2017 – when demarcation regulations under the LTI and STI Acts came into force. 

• LTI policy benefits schedule (applicable to health policies regulated under the LTI Act)
• STI policy benefits schedule (applicable to accident and health policies regulated under the STI Act)
• National Treasury media statement

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