Top trends in the changing role of the modern insurance broker
Santam’s 2023 Insurance Barometer discloses how brokers are adapting and adding value through robust risk management strategies.
Climate Change
People’s expenses change in retirement. Shouldn’t their income too?
Conventional wisdom says that living expenses rise uniformly with inflation, so many financial plans are based simply on that. But analysing the spending patterns of retirees shows us that the data tells a different story.
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Insurers still quantifying losses from Western Cape storm
The City of Cape Town has declared the storm that ravaged the Western Cape over three days in September ‘a major incident’.
South Africa’s insurance industry faces an uphill battle
Aon’s 2023 State of the Market Report unveils troubling trends as South Africa’s insurance landscape grapples with various challenges.
Top insurance risks to guard against in 2023
These risks will significantly affect those who don’t have the right cover in place or no cover at all, says Old Mutual Insure.
Resources on disclosures related to climate risk and investments
The final part in a six-part series that explains why climate risk matters to investors.
Climate-related disclosure in South Africa
Part five in a series that explains why climate risk matters to investors.
How companies should disclose climate-related information
Part four in a series that explains why climate risk matters to investors.
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Part three in a series that explains why climate risk matters to investors.
Climate change impacts on investment
Part two in a series that explains why climate risk matters to investors.
Why climate change is an investment risk
A short video that explains why climate risk matters to investors.
Why insurance premium increases are unavoidable
Santam’s executive head of commercial and personal intermediated business, Andrew Coutts, has issued a communication to intermediaries setting out the factors that have made premium increases unavoidable. Coutts said households and businesses have […]
Businesses are particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change
A few years ago, climate change was a far-off reality, but a marked increase in natural disasters and weather-related catastrophes points to the reality that it may be closer to home than we […]
Global warming warnings: insurers must heed the KZN floods
The extensive flooding and landslides experienced on stretches of the KwaZulu-Natal coastline on 11 and 12 April should serve as a warning to the general population, and more pertinently, to South Africa’s non-life […]
These six themes ‘will be top of mind’ for active managers in 2022
The response to climate change, inflation, post-pandemic growth and China’s market interventions are among investment managers’ top concerns this year, according to Sanlam Investments. Sanlam Investments’ portfolio managers believe active managers will focus […]
Changing weather patterns – Are you managing your client’s risks adequately in this regard?
Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management Survey recently identified challenges organisations face in managing traditional and emerging risks. Aon surveys thousands of risk managers across 60 countries and 33 industries every two years to […]
