Getting quality life cover for your client living with diabetesPublished: Wed, 28 Jul 21 Diabetes is a challenging and lifelong condition to manage and impacts on virtually every aspect of daily living. It is also a serious and high-risk condition due to the number of co-morbidities that exist alongside it. It is this complexity and co-morbidity risks that have made getting life insurance cover for people ...
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NEW DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN FOR LONG-TERM INSURANCEPublished: Wed, 28 Jul 21 The Ombudsman for Long-term Insurance (OLTI) has announced that their Council appointed Denise Gabriels as Deputy Ombudsman under Ombudsman Judge Ron McLaren, with effect from 1 August 2021.
Gabriels who has spent many years as a customer-centric legal professional in the life insurance and pension funds ...
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Genasys revealed as tech partner behind insurtech life insurer BequestPublished: Wed, 30 Jun 21 Genasys has been revealed as the technology partner fuelling the ground-breaking life insurance proposition recently launched by insurtech, Bequest. Bequest is a life and end-of-life estate management provider for the digital generation, bringing together a person’s life administration, family planning, wealth ...
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GENRIC Insurance set to add some “life” to the life insurance marketPublished: Wed, 23 Jun 21 As consumers look to the market for products that meet their changing needs, insurer expands its partnership model to help entrepreneurs and insuretechs create them.
GENRIC Insurance Company, which has successfully launched multiple non-life insurance products through its partner-focussed business model, ...
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Free Online Discussion – recent regulatory impact on claimsPublished: Thu, 17 Jun 21 Learn about the recent regulatory impact on claims by joining us online this Friday 18 June 2021. The amended Policyholder Protection Rules promulgated under section 55(5) of the Short-term Insurance Act as amended and currently in operation, alongside several key board notices has far-reaching implications when it ...
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The Implications Of Overloaded Vehicles On Your Insurance PolicyPublished: Fri, 11 Jun 21 Overloading – it’s a common occurrence on our roads. If we don’t drive past an overloaded bus, taxi or truck, then we read about another horrific accident caused by one. Hundreds of passengers lose their lives every year, and numerous transport owners count the cost of claims being rejected based ...
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Supporting Brokers In Optimising The Claims Experience Of Their Clients.Published: Mon, 07 Jun 21
TANSA is a team of dedicated professional Attorneys, Forensic accountants, Disaster Claims Experts and Insurance Specialists focused on Insurance Claims & Dispute Resolution. Their mission is to support brokers in optimising the claims experience of their clients. They collaborate with brokers to effectively ...
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From the Desk of the Chief Executive: Viviene PearsonPublished: Tue, 01 Jun 21 The government kicked off its phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccinations in earnest during May 2021, with minimal people in the 60+ age group registering discontent. It is pleasing to know that the government had progressed from the “talk and planning” to execution mode. As the non-life insurance industry body, ...
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Majority of local investors miss out on strong stock market recoveryPublished: Thu, 27 May 21 The local Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) industry reported net inflows of R13. 69 billion in the first three months of this year, taking to R203. 83 billion the total net inflows for the 12 months to the end of March 2021. The CIS industry statistics for the quarter and year ended March 2021, released today by ...
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TIME TO SWITCH IT UP?Published: Wed, 26 May 21 South Africa, xx May 2021: After a year of lockdowns, a lot of South Africans have vastly changed circumstances. Many are clocking up fewer kilometres now that they’re working from home, others are looking to cut costs in the current economic climate. And some have even made dramatic changes, like moving out ...
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Build life insurance into your long-term financial planningPublished: Mon, 24 May 21 Create financial stability for your family by making life insurance part of your long-term financial planning, says Old Mutual.
Life insurance is a necessary part of financial planning, as it helps families remain financially resilient over the long term after a breadwinner has passed.
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The Anti-Money & Financial Crime Southern Africa ConferencePublished: Thu, 20 May 21
Support from insurance companies again expected for Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Southern African Conference 2021
Trade Conferences International (TCI) is hosting its well-known flagship event on anti –money laundering again this year after a break last year due to COVID. The Anti-Money ...
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Old Mutual’s risk cover claims pay-out soars to over R14 billion in 2020Published: Wed, 19 May 21 Old Mutual today announced that it paid R14 billion in risk cover claims in 2020. The pay-out includes underwritten, non-underwritten and corporate claims and represents a year-on-year increase of 24%.
On releasing its claims statistics for 2020, the group said that several trends relating to the spread ...
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Planning for emergencies should still be prioritised now more than everPublished: Wed, 19 May 21 The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent economic impact has had a profound impact on the culture of household savings in South Africa, which was already lacklustre even prior to 2020. Statistics South Africa has revealed that the household saving rate in the country has decreased to 0. 50% in the ...
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