No annual premium increases on our new life product, says Capitec
The bank promises a quick and easy application process and no 30-page documents containing complex jargon.
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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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Why young South Africans can’t afford to skip insurance
During National Youth Month, Marius Kemp from Santam emphasises the importance of insurance for young people, who often lack emergency savings.
Doing clients ‘a good turn’ doesn’t deserve debarment, rep tells Tribunal
Dismissed adviser says she helped her clients pay their premiums so they could keep their life cover while experiencing temporary financial challenges.
Healthcare affordability emerges as top concern for businesses in 2024
Aon’s Global Medical Trend Rates Report highlights the pressing challenge of healthcare affordability for businesses amid a decade-high global medical trend rate.
Biggest institutional fund managers in South Africa
Alexforbes’ Manager Watch provides key insights into the country’s asset management landscape.
Why insurance should be factored into the cost of buying a car
Maxing out your budget on car repayments without considering the cost of insurance may result in an unexpected financial shortfall every month.
What SA’s prolonged hard insurance market means for insurers, brokers, and clients
Advisers can offer clients invaluable insights and the tools they need to thrive, even in times of turbulence.
Sanlam Umbrella Fund expects group risk premiums to fall over the next two years
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Strong demand for funeral cover despite tough environment, says Clientèle
Financial services group red-flags higher-than-expected policyholder withdrawals.
Guardrisk seeks summary judgment over unpaid premiums
Insurer and director signed a suretyship after intermediary allegedly used premiums to cover its own business expenses.
Funeral intermediary in provisional liquidation over unpaid premiums
In response, Prosper says various factors that contributed to the dispute have not received the required consideration.
Directors of Insure Group Managers take their debarments to the FST
Tribunal considers whether the insurers in some way gave their consent to IGM investing the premiums in illiquid assets.
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 […]
Income protection cannot take an umbrella approach
As a financial adviser, you can play an invaluable role to help ensure financial sustainability for your client through a needs-matched product that is unique to them. But how much income protection cover […]
Santam repricing its book to take account of inflation and other cost pressures
A “concerted set of underwriting actions” were under way to reprice Santam’s book, to take account of the inflationary and other pressures that were pushing up the cost of claims, Sanlam’s chief executive, […]
Are we paying too much for group insurance?
In the desperate times of the cascading waves of Covid-19, South Africa’s life insurers, and especially group insurers of employee-based schemes, played a critical role in ensuring financial inclusivity by providing insurance cover […]
