Taxpayers should inform SARS if they have been unemployed for a full year or longer, to avoid being flagged as non-compliant.
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Our main story in last week’s Moonstone Monitor was on what the latest Santam Insurance Barometer has to say about the changing role of intermediaries. Andrew Coutts, Santam’s head of Intermediated Business, emphasised […]
Our main story in last week’s Moonstone Monitor was on what the latest Santam Insurance Barometer has to say about the changing role of intermediaries. Andrew Coutts, Santam’s head of Intermediated Business, emphasised […]
Santam Trust says it is seeing an increased demand for wills among demographics that, traditionally, have not been interested in estate planning. Its experience confirms the results of a study by Brand Atlas […]
There was an opportunity for insurers and intermediaries to sell more cyber insurance as a result of the shift in consumer behaviour because of the pandemic, Andrew Coutts, the head of intermediated business […]
Insurance intermediaries need to move away from “a product-push approach towards a more client-centric product build approach”, Andrew Coutts, the head of intermediated business at Santam, said in the insurer’s 2021 Barometer. This, […]
Insurance intermediaries need to move away from “a product-push approach towards a more client-centric product build approach”, Andrew Coutts, the head of intermediated business at Santam, said in the insurer’s 2021 Barometer. This, […]
Plans to make retirement savings accessible to fund members have received a lot of attention lately, but Treasury is still very much aware of the need to protect these funds. Legalbrief reports as […]
The Manasse decision by the Financial Sector Tribunal again underlines just how important compliance with Section 14 of the FAIS Act is. In particular, it requires that a debarment process must be lawful, […]
The Manasse decision by the Financial Sector Tribunal again underlines just how important compliance with Section 14 of the FAIS Act is. In particular, it requires that a debarment process must be lawful, […]
Tax Consulting SA reports that SARS is clamping down hard on those who have outstanding tax returns. This includes those who have left the country without ensuring that their affairs with the Receiver […]
On Thursday, we focused on fraud in the funeral cover space. Today we look at how this manifested in Death, Disability, Hospital cash plans and Retrenchment cover space. South African life insurers reported […]
Patrick Cairns published an interesting article in Citywire’s weekly roundup based on the latest ASISA statistics as at the end of June. Titled Ninety One overtakes Allan Gray as SA’s largest CIS manager, […]
This year, for the first time, it seems likely that medical schemes will announce contribution increases which are in line with recommendations suggested by The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS). This is according […]
The massive impact of claims for business interruption resulting from a reportable contagious disease last year, followed by the civil unrest recently, is a sober reminder of our duty to ensure that clients […]
The massive impact of claims for business interruption resulting from a reportable contagious disease last year, followed by the civil unrest recently, is a sober reminder of our duty to ensure that clients […]
In a recent media release, Petrie Marx, Product Actuary at Sanlam Individual Life, provided some insight into the impact of the pandemic on its individual life business. In 2020, Sanlam Individual Life paid […]
