Competition Tribunal rules it can hear currency manipulation case against banks
Nine more banks have been added to the case.
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Why policyholders complained to the short-term ombudsman in 2023
‘Lack of maintenance or wear and tear’ gave rise to most of the disputes in several categories of insurance.
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Medical schemes want pathology groups to pay back ‘excessive charges’ for Covid-19 tests
Health Funders Association files a complaint with the Competition Commission
Are these emails really the ‘smoking gun’ in insurance ‘collusion’ case?
News24 publishes documents the Competition Commission submitted to obtain warrants ‘to raid’ insurers in 2022.
Momentum Metropolitan’s 2022 earnings surpass those in pre-pandemic 2019
Momentum Metropolitan Holdings (MMH) delivered normalised headline earnings of R4.383 billion in the year to 30 June, significantly higher than the R1.007bn in the previous financial year, following the less severe impact of […]
Sanlam is confident the Competition Commission’s investigation won’t turn up any dirt
Sanlam does not believe the Competition Commission’s investigation into the country’s major life insurers will result in “any processes at Sanlam being highlighted as problematic”. However, Sanlam said in its operational and financial […]
‘Raids don’t mean all the insurers are guilty’
Conducting raids on the premises of the eight life insurers under investigation by the Competition Commission for alleged collusion and price-fixing did not mean that all of them were guilty, Fin24 reports Commissioner […]
Information from ‘an industry player’ prompted Competition Commission’s investigation into life insurers
Information received “from one of the players in the industry” prompted the Competition Commission to launch its investigation into alleged price fixing by some of the country’s major life insurers. This was all […]
Nedbank to pay R2m fine for unapproved merger with Erf 7
Nedbank has agreed to pay a fine of R2 million for implementing a transaction before obtaining the approval from the competition authorities, the Competition Tribunal said last week. In a statement, the authority […]
Conditions of Santam’s takeover of Indwe disclosed
The Competition Tribunal this month published the conditions it has attached to Santam’s acquisition of Indwe Broker Holdings (Pty) Ltd. In what amounts to a game of musical shares, Santam’s wholly owned subsidiary, […]
BHF seeks Competition Act exemption to publish reference price list
The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF), a representative association for medical schemes, has applied for an exemption from provisions of the Competition Act so that it can publish a scale of benefits after […]
Health Market Inquiry Update
Investigations into the health market by the Competition Commission appear to have hit a bit of a hitch. A media statement confirmed that the “Revised Administrative Timeline”, published on 1 December 2016 has been withdrawn […]
