The office of the Long-term Ombud has raised an extremely concerning trend in the August edition of its quarterly newsletter, OMBUZZ. An investigation identified at least 68 complaints received since 2018 from policyholders, […]
The office of the Long-term Ombud has raised an extremely concerning trend in the August edition of its quarterly newsletter, OMBUZZ. An investigation identified at least 68 complaints received since 2018 from policyholders, […]
In a recent Moneyweb article, Patrick Cairns discusses the question: How long is long term, exactly? “Many investors might consider five years a good period of time to dedicate to a particular strategy. […]
“As from January 1 2020, retired Judge Ron McLaren will be the single watchdog for both the short-term (non-life) and long-term (life) insurance industries,” BusinessLive reported yesterday. According to the article, the two […]
The Momentum/Ganas case, which caused a public outcry in November last year, was one of the matters discussed in the Long Term Ombud’s Annual report. According to Ron McLaren, Long Term Ombud, there […]
“We received 11 768 written requests for assistance, including 5 978 chargeable complaints. In total, 3 367 cases were finalised, of which 31.5% were resolved wholly or partially in favour of complainants”, Judge […]
The FSB published the Long- and Short-term proposals last Wednesday. Included in the documentation is a comments matrix reflecting the Regulator’s responses to industry input. It is interesting to note the inclusion of […]
Judge Leona Theron, a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal and Chairperson of the Long-term Ombudsman Council, made mention in the 2015 annual report of an independent review of the office of […]
