{"id":275919,"date":"2018-10-08T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T10:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=275919"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T10:04:33","slug":"hippo-co-za-gets-new-look-and-more-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/275919\/hippo-co-za-gets-new-look-and-more-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Hippo.co.za gets new look and more products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online comparison website, Hippo.co.za, is launching a new look-and-feel of the brand which includes a new website functionality, new service providers and products that will broaden the comparison site\u2019s scope in the market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Throughout our 11-year history, we have continued to educate and assist South Africans through our comparative website in order for them to better understand the various products on the market. In doing so, this has helped them to not only save money but also to choose products that best suit their lifestyles and needs,&#8221; said Vera Nagtegaal, the executive head of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hippo.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hippo.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re proud of what we\u2019ve achieved to date, but in the fast-moving digital space, you have to think five steps ahead. With this in mind, we\u2019ve turned our attention to new and exciting offerings that will give the public the kind of cost-saving service excellence they have come to expect, but now delivers so much more,&#8221; Nagtegaal said.<\/p>\n<p>The company will broaden its focus from short term insurance to now also include medical aid comparisons, travel related products and services, and other financial services products like personal loans and life insurance.<\/p>\n<p>The brand\u2019s new range of functionality includes a wider range of service providers and a revitalised user experience that\u2019s easy to understand and a new quoting process that gives customers the ability to get instant quotes on a variety of products.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/273025\/how-to-pick-a-bank-thats-right-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to pick a bank that\u2019s right for you<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online comparison website, Hippo.co.za, is launching a new look-and-feel of the brand which includes a new website functionality, new service providers and products that will broaden the comparison site\u2019s scope in the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":275923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[26,12587],"class_list":["post-275919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-headline","tag-hippo-co-za"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275919"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275935,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275919\/revisions\/275935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}