Foreign film and TV incentives set to boost job growthPublished: Wed, 23 May 12 Recent amendments to the foreign film and television incentive scheme - which will benefit foreign film makers through government rebates - will not only result in a positive boost for the South African film industry, but will also benefit related industries such as specialised local insurers, tourism, and catering, ...
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Law Society welcomes legal practice billPublished: Tue, 22 May 12 The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) welcomes the publication of the long-awaited Legal Practice Bill. ‘This Bill has been in the making for more than a decade, and throughout that process, the LSSA has been cooperating with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and other stakeholders as ...
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A Telematics partnership that is changing insurance in SAPublished: Tue, 22 May 12 AMS (Asset Management Solutions) the largest independent surveying company in SA and Scope Technologies, a global leader in the telematics technology space, have formed a partnership that is actively and aggressively out to change the telematics or PAYD (Pay as you drive) insurance market in SA.
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Non-executive changes to Mutual & Federal board of directorsPublished: Tue, 22 May 12 Mutual & Federal, a member of the Old Mutual Group, announces changes to its board of directors following the retirement from its board of two veteran board members, Mr. JB Magwaza and Mr. Tom Boardman.
Mr. He has a long history of service to the Old Mutual Group dating back to 1979 through to his retirement ...
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Continuous Professional Development: Part IPublished: Tue, 22 May 12 We will provide readers with an overview of the FSB’s proposals on continuous professional development, or CPD, over the next few weeks. The draft is available on the FSB website, as well as on the Moonstone website. PURPOSES OF CPD
Subject to Part VII of the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements, ...
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ACE Insurance Announces New Leadership Team for South AfricaPublished: Sun, 20 May 12 LONDON – ACE has announced two new management appointments for its South Africa business as it continues to strengthen its presence across emerging insurance markets in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Bringing 12 years of insurance industry experience, John was Executive Head, Business and ...
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Vodacom granted short and long term insurance licencesPublished: Wed, 16 May 12 JOHANNESBURG - Vodacom has received the go-ahead to enter the South African insurance market having been recently awarded a long term insurance licence by the Financial Services Board (FSB). This licence, along with the short term licence granted earlier this year, allows Vodacom to underwrite and sell insurance ...
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FSPhub is launchedPublished: Tue, 15 May 12 Julius Strydom, CEO of HubIT (Pty) Ltd has informed us that they are embarking on a major rebranding exercise.
HubIT is now trading as eFFiciency Hub, which they believe more accurately describes what they are about - online systems which focus primarily on enabling the users of the system to do ...
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More SA professionals considering emigrating - surveyPublished: Tue, 15 May 12 Rising concern over issues such as crime, healthcare and education are leading more graduate professionals in South Africa to consider emigrating, according to the latest results from the PPS Graduate Professionals Confidence Index.
The quarterly survey, which tracks the confidence levels of nearly 6 000 of ...
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Stride delivers industry data sharing solutionPublished: Mon, 14 May 12 Almost three years ago the industry, through the SAIA, FIA and their respective members, started planning an industry solution to address the need for data sharing as stipulated in the binderholder regulations. “The industry soon realised that, not only will this initiative address numerous inefficiencies ...
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The good, the bad and the uglyPublished: Mon, 14 May 12 ECONOMIC COMMENT BY LUKE DOIG, SENIOR ECONOMIST
CREDIT GUARANTEE INSURANCE CORPORATION
Month-to-date over recoveries on fuel currently stand at 45 cents per litre for 95 ULP (petrol) and 24 cents per litre for 0. This has primarily been driven by the welcome drop in international crude oil prices in recent ...
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Insure Group boasts new imagePublished: Fri, 11 May 12 The short-term insurance industry financial services provider, Insure Group unveiled a new image and brand positioning to the market yesterday. This follows the name changes of the Holdings Company and it's subsidiaries earlier in the year and now completes this process.
Insure Staff at the brand ...
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Defining different types of riskPublished: Fri, 11 May 12
Dr David Hillson FIRM, HonFAPM, PMI Fellow
People sometimes ask how we should define "strategic risk". First let's consider "strategic risk":
One basic definition of risk is "uncertainty ...
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