What do clients want from their intermediaries?

Insurance intermediaries need to move away from “a product-push approach towards a more client-centric product build approach”, Andrew Coutts, the head of intermediated business at Santam, said in the insurer’s 2021 Barometer. This, […]

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What do clients want from their intermediaries?

Insurance intermediaries need to move away from “a product-push approach towards a more client-centric product build approach”, Andrew Coutts, the head of intermediated business at Santam, said in the insurer’s 2021 Barometer. This, […]

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Draft proposals for managing IT risks

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) and the Prudential Authority (PA), published a draft Joint Standard on Information technology risk management for public consultation. The main objective of the Joint Standard is to […]

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Investments – How to manage perceived risk

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused much market uncertainty both locally and globally this year. Many investors choose to change their risk exposure during market uncertainty because their perception of risk has changed. But […]

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Audenberg Appeal against FAIS Ombud

The FSB Appeal Board recently published its decision at a hearing held on 27 February 2018. The appeal was dismissed, but not before the Board expressed some very concerning comments on the office of the […]

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Risk Involved in Short-term Home Rentals

The latest Mutual and Federal newsletter contains an article by SA Property News of interest to brokers and their clients who make use of facilities like AirB&B to rent out their houses and […]

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Managing and Mitigating Risk in your Business

The FAIS Supervision Department of the FSB follows a risk-based approach in supervising financial services providers (FSPs). Licenced entities are categorised in five sectors, ranging from high impact to small FSPs, with the […]

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