Old Mutual’s gross written premiums up 19% in the first quarter
Life insurance sales down slightly as the group stops selling certain products in China.
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Santam pays record R29.8bn in claims in 2022
Another year of high pay-outs following Covid in 2020 and the unrest in 2021.
A state-owned company made the biggest contribution to the ST insurance industry’s profits in 2021
South Africa’s short-term insurance industry reported gross written premiums (GWP) of R131.6 billion last year, an increase of 7% from 2020, according to KPMG’s latest survey of the insurance sector. “This is a […]
KZN floods are the biggest natural catastrophe in Santam’s history
Santam’s current “best estimate” of its gross exposure to the KwaZulu-Natal floods in April is R3.2 billion. However, reinsurance cover will limit the net impact to about R500 million, it said in a […]
Only 19% of South Africans are insured when funeral cover is excluded
Some 60% of South Africans report having an insurance product, and insurance penetration, measured using premiums as a percentage of GDP, was 13.7% in 2020 – one of the highest in the world, […]
R3.2bn of Santam’s record R24.5bn claims pay-out went to BI policyholders
Santam paid out R24.5 billion (2020: R21bn) in claims last year, the highest gross claims pay-out in its 104-year history, the country’s biggest short-term insurer said in its financial results for the year […]
KPMG survey reveals impact of recession and pandemic on short-term insurance industry
South Africa’s short-term insurance sector experienced a 28% fall in profit after tax (PAT) last year, from R8.3 billion in 2019 to R6bn, largely because of defaults on credit, an increase in net […]
