LIFE assurer Sanlam plans to establish an online health insurance business. The company said in a statement that its new 100%-owned business unit, Cura, will offer insurance cover for medical risks over the internet. It said it is a first for SA. “The nature of the product will be of strong interest both to the upper income groups, as well as students and other aspirational groups, who want to be insured against the major medical risks,” the statement quoted Cura managing director Paul Zondagh as saying.