The High Court says Discovery Health misconstrued the scope of the judgment that set aside the RAF’s first directive on the payment of medical scheme members’ claims.
The FSB urgently called on the public to refrain from conducting business with the following entities: Ledimar Ledimar Financial Services (Pty) Ltd; Ledimar Stock Trading (Pty) Ltd; and Ledimar Investment Holdings CC. Their […]
Nowhere is the world-wide trend towards digital advertising better mirrored than in the shift in the budget of our own Naspers. People simply find digital access to information so much easier. Why type […]
Investment Workshop – 2 October 2013 – Old Mutual Conference Centre – Pinelands This workshop is intended for licence category II and IIA FSPs and will cover the following topics: Unregistered investments, due […]
The new Premier League season in England is underway, and one of the main topics of conversation is the impact that the change in managers may have on the success of the teams […]
We received many requests, in particular from people in the motor industry, for guidance on the impact of this legislation on their business. In response to this, we developed a course to assist […]
South Africa’s victory in the Rugby World Cup final in 1995 is arguably the finest moment in our rugby history. I still believe the opening game at Newlands laid the platform for what […]
Steve Manning, an ex-pat living in Australia, posted this on Facebook: The Boks have always been done in by refs. Here is Frik Du Preez being blatantly bitten on the hand by Chris […]
Co-administration agreements (also referred to as profit-sharing or 80/20 agreements) between insurers and funeral parlours or funeral administrators are under the magnifying glass of the FSB. This is very much in line with […]
The fact that a referee’s poor decisions are still the main talking point around the world of rugby, indicates that fans have now had enough. It appears that the IRB has finally taken […]
The temptation to join in the free-for-all in lambasting Romain Poite is huge, and it is difficult to find something new to say. The indignation we experienced after the event was not limited […]
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) published its annual report on 3 September 2013. The 5-page media release contains some very interesting statistics about trends in the industry, as well as a summary […]
The latest determination by the Ombud contains several important pointers for advisors, particularly from a record keeping and oversight perspective. The Van Vuuren couple, at the respective ages of 66 and 69, effected […]
There was a man, who worked hard all his life, saved all of his money – and was a real miser. Just before he died, he said to his wife…’When I die, I […]
The word “prohibition” always conjures up images of Al Capone and his merry men, armed with Tommy guns, outsmarting the cops who had to apply the ban on liquor which the majority of […]
An unlicensed direct insurer, Model Insurance, who claims to have been doing business since 2007, is currently under investigation by the Regulator. Their activities came under the spotlight after their alleged failure to […]
Heyneke Meyer was happy to be able to name an unchanged squad, but realises that there is still a long way to go in terms of where we want to be. “You don’t […]
The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of free Meals and Food Stamps ever, to 46 million people. Meanwhile, […]
