Study: RAF losing R3bn a year in ‘opportunistic’ loss of income claims
Research on behalf of the Actuarial Society recommends prohibiting individuals with minor injuries from submitting loss of income claims.
research
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.
Read more
CMS releases results of COVID-19 Vaccines Survey on people’s attitudes
The public’s response and attitude to vaccination against the various strains of the Covid virus is a hot discussion topic, and fertile ground for conspiracy theories. The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) conducted […]
CMS releases results of COVID-19 Vaccines Survey on people’s attitudes
The public’s response and attitude to vaccination against the various strains of the Covid virus is a hot discussion topic, and fertile ground for conspiracy theories. The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) conducted […]
Open Finance – FSCA publishes research insights
Towards the end of 2020 the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) published its research report and consultation paper on Open Finance. What is Open Finance? “Open Finance is built on the principle of […]
South African Banking Sentiment Index 2020 – Banks fail social media response test horribly
New entrants, African Bank and Discovery Bank, claimed the first and last positions respectively in BrandsEye’s annual South African Banking Sentiment Index. In its fifth year of producing the Index, BrandsEye collected more […]
South African Banking Sentiment Index 2020 – Banks fail social media response test horribly
New entrants, African Bank and Discovery Bank, claimed the first and last positions respectively in BrandsEye’s annual South African Banking Sentiment Index. In its fifth year of producing the Index, BrandsEye collected more […]
International Survey maps the future of home and motor insurance
A recent Deloitte survey aimed at discovering what customers want, and how COVID-19 has shifted their needs, highlighted that customers favour simplicity. This was the primary finding of a survey of 8 000 customers […]
Latest research on life cover – Surprising outcomes
Life cover is generally perceived to be appropriate for married couples and family breadwinners. The direct marketing company, Olico, has however now found that the most common buyer of life assurance is not […]
Unintended Consequences of NHI
Research by economics consultancy Econex looked at the impact of removing tax credits to medical schemes and then reallocating them to funding National Health Insurance (NHI) as suggested by the 2017 White Paper. […]
FSP Expectations from Product Providers
A landmark research report from Insight Discovery shows what IFAs expect from LISPs and asset management companies. Market intelligence firm Insight Discovery released its second South African Investment Panorama (SAIP), a survey of […]
