‘Lack of maintenance or wear and tear’ gave rise to most of the disputes in several categories of insurance.
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The FAIS Ombud this week issued a media release encouraging medical scheme members to lodge a complaint with her office if they believe they have been “financially prejudiced” by a healthcare broker’s advice. […]
National Treasury has published the benefit increases for health insurance policies that fall under the Long-term Insurance Act (LTIA) and Short-term Insurance Act (STIA) in terms of the Demarcation Regulations. The 2016 regulations […]
The demarcation debate started when the Council for Medical Schemes stated that the so called “hospital plan” insurance products contravened the Medical Schemes Act. What is a medical scheme? Medical schemes are non-profit […]
Proposed amendments to the definition of a “business of a medical scheme” The publication of the Second Draft Demarcation Regulations follows the enactment of the Financial Services Laws General Amendment Act, No. 45 of […]
National Treasury (“NT”) released the Second Draft Demarcation Regulations for further public comment at the end of April. These Regulations specify which types of health insurance policies are permissible under the Long-term Insurance […]
