Qualifications for the Insurance Industry

Qualifications for the Insurance Industry. INSETA aims to skill people in scarce and critical skills in the insurance sector in order to improve the sector and support the country’s social and economic transformation. This is achieved through the learnerships, internships and bursaries that INSETA funds.

INSETA Insurance Industry Qualifications

INSETA provides learnerships, internships, bursaries, and skills programmes to a diverse range of employers within the rapidly growing and evolving sector it represents. The sector employs over 100,000 individuals, to whom INSETA provides the opportunity to improve their education and skills.

If you are a learner looking for a skills provider, click the links to open the qualification and scroll down to the bottom of the page. SAQA lists accredited providers at the bottom of each qualification. If none are provided, google the qualification name and see which providers come up. Open their websites and ensure that you find their accredited information such as their SETA registration number.

Check out this list of currently registered learnerships. There is a pipeline of new qualifications being developed so there’s a lot of stuff to keep up to date with!

See these lists of registered qualifications at the following levels:

  • NQF. Level 1 and 2 for those with little or no high school and limited if any work experience

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Insurance Qualifications Now

This post was updated 17 February 2023 with the following qualification information:

SAQA NLRD IDLevelQualification Title
487832The National Certificate in Financial Services
490893The National Certificate in Financial Services
484943The National Certificate in Financial Services: Management
486404The National Certificate in Financial Services: Management
493564FETC: Medical Claims Assessing
496494FETC: Long-term Insurance
495294FETC: Long-term Risk Assessment
498354FETC: Retail Insurance
499294FETC: Short Term Insurance
576134FETC: Short Term Risk Management
498345National Certificate in Financial Services: Long-Term Risk Assessment
498605National Diploma: Financial Services: Long-Term Risk Assessment
579185National Certificate: Short-Term Insurance
576085National Certificate: Financial Services Wealth Management

Insurance Qualifications

SAQA NLRD IDLevelQualification Title
495294FETC: Long-term Risk Assessment
496494FETC: Long-term Insurance
498345National Certificate in Financial Services: Long-Term Risk Assessment
498354FETC: Retail Insurance
498605National Diploma: Financial Services: Long-Term Risk Assessment
Insurance Qualifications that have expired and will be phased out
SAQA NLRD IDLevelQualification Title
207162The National Certificate in Insurance Administration
201773The National Certificate in Insurance
206384The National Certificate in Collective Investment Schemes
207734The National Certificate in Long Term Insurance
207744The National Certificate in Insurance: Long Term: Risk Assessment
243964The National Certificate in Risk Management
484934The National Certificate in Financial Services: Wealth Management
206394The National Certificate in Healthcare Benefits Administration
217964The National Certificate in Short Term Insurance
239735The National Certificate in Financial Services: Wealth Management
Qualifications in 2017
Qual / Prog IDQualification Title / Learning Programme TitleNQF LevelLearning SubfieldFieldMin Credits
62809Certificate: Financial ProductsLevel TBA: Pre-2009 was L4Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies120
48640National Certificate: Financial Services ManagementLevel TBA: Pre-2009 was L4Project ManagementField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies150
61529National Certificate: Loss AdjustingLevel TBA: Pre-2009 was L5Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies120
57918National Certificate: Short-Term InsuranceLevel TBA: Pre-2009 was L5Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies120
57608National Certificate: Wealth ManagementLevel TBA: Pre-2009 was L5Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies120
48783National Certificate: Financial ServicesNQF Level 02Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies120
49089National Certificate: Financial ServicesNQF Level 03Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies120
49649Further Education and Training Certificate: Long-term InsuranceNQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies140
49529Further Education and Training Certificate: Long-Term Risk AssessmentNQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies150
49356Further Education and Training Certificate: Medical Claims AssessingNQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies150
62789Further Education and Training Certificate: Retail InsuranceNQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies140
49835Further Education and Training Certificate: Retail InsuranceNQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies140
49929Further Education and Training Certificate: Short Term InsuranceNQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies150
62791Further Education and Training Certificate: Short Term Insurance (Commercial)NQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies150
62790Further Education and Training Certificate: Short Term Insurance (Personal)NQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies150
57917Further Education and Training Certificate: Wealth ManagementNQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies150
62792Further Education and Training Certificate: Wealth ManagementNQF Level 04Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies150
49860National Diploma: Financial Services: Long-Term Risk AssessmentNQF Level 05Finance Economics and AccountingField 003 – Business, Commerce and Management Studies245

What are NQF Levels?

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  1. Jacques

    Please let me know where I can get a list of service providers for the National Certificate: Loss Adjusting (61529).

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