The case for simplifying policy wording
You, as an adviser, are legally required to explain all material clauses in a policy to enable your client to make an informed decision. What happens if some clauses are so clouded in […]
Apex court clarifies timing of dependency test for death benefit payouts
The Constitutional Court rules that whether someone qualifies as a dependant must be determined as at the date of a retirement fund member’s death, not when the fund decides how to distribute the benefit.
Compulsory vaccination increasingly likely
Making vaccination compulsory to enter workplaces and certain public spaces seems a certainty if the statements from the government, business and labour this week are anything to go by. In a televised address […]
‘Cyber risk is an opportunity for brokers to showcase their value’
The systemic nature of cyber risk provides intermediaries with an unprecedented opportunity to show-case their value to clients, Andrew Coutts, Santam’s head of Intermediated Distribution, told the recent InsureTalk18 online conference. It is […]
Life insurers pay 99.3% of all claims against fully underwritten policies
South African life insurers paid 99.3% of all claims against fully underwritten individual life policies in 2020 to a value of R20.6 billion. The 2020 death claims statistics for fully underwritten individual life […]
Coronation reports another year of net outflows
Coronation Fund Managers grew its assets under management (AUM) by 11% to R634 billion in the year to September 2021, from R569bn. However, it once again reported a net cash outflow of average […]
Three ways to think about money, risk and investing
Behavioural finance expert Morgan Housel, partner at Collaborative Fund and an award-winning author, was a speaker at the Allan Gray Investment Summit and the CFA Investment Conference this year. Housel, in almost identical […]
Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill: another bureaucratic power grab?
It is questionable whether the much-vaunted “too-big-to-fail” benefits of the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill now before Parliament justify its far-reaching impingements on the rule of law, its dubious depositor insurance provisions and […]
Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill: another bureaucratic power grab?
It is questionable whether the much-vaunted “too-big-to-fail” benefits of the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill now before Parliament justify its far-reaching impingements on the rule of law, its dubious depositor insurance provisions and […]
It’s ‘too soon’ for investors to panic over Omicron
Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s top three investment banks, does not think the emergence of the omicron variant of Covid-19 is sufficient reason to make major changes to investment portfolios. Meanwhile, James […]
Tribunal upholds JSE directive that Trustco must restate its financial results
The Financial Services Tribunal has upheld the JSE’s directive that Namibia-based Trustco must restate its financial statements for the year to 31 March 2019 and its interim results to 30 September 2019, because […]
Tribunal upholds JSE directive that Trustco must restate its financial results
The Financial Services Tribunal has upheld the JSE’s directive that Namibia-based Trustco must restate its financial statements for the year to 31 March 2019 and its interim results to 30 September 2019, because […]
Tribunal not impressed with how FNB debarred employee for the second time
The Financial Services Tribunal has expressed its disapproval of the way in which FNB debarred a representative – and it set aside the employee’s debarment for a second time. FNB dismissed and debarred […]
Tribunal not impressed with how FNB debarred employee for the second time
The Financial Services Tribunal has expressed its disapproval of the way in which FNB debarred a representative – and it set aside the employee’s debarment for a second time. FNB dismissed and debarred […]
National Consumer Tribunal pulls Onedebt MD’s debt counselling registration, issues R500k fine
The National Consumer Tribunal (NCT) has cancelled the debt counselling registration of the managing director of Cape Town-based Onedebt and fined him R500 000. The NCT found Johan Fourie guilty of numerous transgressions of […]
National Consumer Tribunal pulls Onedebt MD’s debt counselling registration, issues R500k fine
The National Consumer Tribunal (NCT) has cancelled the debt counselling registration of the managing director of Cape Town-based Onedebt and fined him R500 000. The NCT found Johan Fourie guilty of numerous transgressions of […]
When will the Compensation Fund pay out for Covid vaccine-related side-effects?
The Compensation Commissioner has published a Notice in the Government Gazette that sets out when the Compensation Fund will compensate employees for injuries, illness or death as a result of receiving a Covid-19 […]
When will the Compensation Fund pay out for Covid vaccine-related side-effects?
The Compensation Commissioner has published a Notice in the Government Gazette that sets out when the Compensation Fund will compensate employees for injuries, illness or death as a result of receiving a Covid-19 […]
