Conventional wisdom says that living expenses rise uniformly with inflation, so many financial plans are based simply on that. But analysing the spending patterns of retirees shows us that the data tells a different story.
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The primary role of a traditional bank providing financing and capital is set to be challenged further by non-banks, according to a 2020 PwC’s report, Securing your tomorrow, today – The future of […]
Although COVID-19 has created greater awareness of the need for life insurance, consumer spending power has reduced significantly. Add to this the increase in death and funeral claims as well as the impact […]
“Advisers are acting like travel agents, selling clients a ticket to a seat on the aeroplane, when in fact, we should be thinking of ourselves as pilots, being with our clients throughout their […]
The COVID-19 pandemic turned 2020 into an unprecedented year, leading to changes in the way we live and work. In 2021, some of these trends are likely to continue, reshaping everything from the […]
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has just published its quarterly report for the period ended 30 September 2020. Tasked with monitoring the financial performance and soundness of medical schemes, the CMS publishes […]
If Covid-19 has shown us anything, it underlined the fact that the future of life insurance belongs to the insurers who go out of their way to make their customers’ lives simpler and […]
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has just published its quarterly report for the period ended 30 June 2019. With the task to supervise a massive and very important industry comprising more than 80 medical […]
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has just published its quarterly report for the period ended 30 June 2019. With the task to supervise a massive and very important industry comprising more than 80 medical […]
Bryte, a proactive business risk specialist, recently released its Q1 2019 Crime Tracker, an indicator of long-term crime trends in South Africa as captured by Bryte’s insurance claims records for the period January to […]
The 2016-2017 Annual report notes the following trends in complaints received from the public. The number of complaints that relate to short-term insurance policies far exceed those from any other product category of […]
At the launch of the 2016 Annual Report from the Short-term Ombud, she elected to deviate slightly from the usual statistical analysis to highlight some interesting trends from the report with particular reference […]
