Sanlam and Momentum outline how they are managing workforce, operations, and risk as the Bonitas transition proceeds despite an unresolved court challenge.
Retirement funds should ensure employers are aware of their obligation to pay contributions, even while their employees are absent from duty. This was said by the Financial Services Tribunal when it upheld a […]
Investors found their festive spirits in 2020 despite a raging pandemic. Even with most of the global economy shut because of Covid-19, US stocks recorded their best December monthly return in more than […]
Investors found their festive spirits in 2020 despite a raging pandemic. Even with most of the global economy shut because of Covid-19, US stocks recorded their best December monthly return in more than […]
More than half of adult South Africans support employers making Covid-19 vaccinations compulsory and proof of vaccination to enter public places (vaccine passports), according to a survey by the Centre for Social Change […]
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has issued a public compliance communication (PCC) that clarifies the requirement to determine whether a prospective client, existing client, the beneficial owner of the client and person acting […]
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has issued a public compliance communication (PCC) that clarifies the requirement to determine whether a prospective client, existing client, the beneficial owner of the client and person acting […]
Sanlam Life and Savings paid gross death claims of more than R14 billion in the first 10 months of 2021 – 88% higher than in the same period in 2020 – mainly because […]
The inability of police officers to breathalyse a driver who may be under the influence means an insurer has to rely on circumstantial evidence, such as statements from witnesses, to prove intoxication. However, […]
The Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance (Osti) has upheld an insurer’s decision to reject a travel insurance claim despite a medical specialist stating that the policyholder might not have been suffering from a pre-existing […]
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) will introduce changes to its systems from 1 March 2022 so that taxpayers who receive income from more than one source, and where one of the sources is […]
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance has rejected a proposed amendment to the Pension Funds Act (PFA) that would allow retirement fund members to take out loans of up to 30% against their pension […]
The post-pandemic world we are edging towards will require the adoption and honing of a new set of soft skills, according to Thuthuka Gumede, the regional general manager: Gauteng South at SanlamConnect. “Emotional […]
As a financial adviser, your basic function is to ensure that your clients make provision for the foreseeable, as well as the not-so-foreseeable future – the things that can happen, and those that […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has upheld the debarment of West-Pro Holdings’ managing director and key individual for falsely claiming that the administrator’s funeral policies were underwritten by Old Mutual. It also upheld the […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has upheld the debarment of West-Pro Holdings’ managing director and key individual for falsely claiming that the administrator’s funeral policies were underwritten by Old Mutual. It also upheld the […]
Sanlam and Alexander Forbes have announced two transactions in which they will buy divisions from each other. Sanlam will pay R200 million for Alexander Forbes’ individual client administration business, which will become part […]
Sanlam and Alexander Forbes have announced two transactions in which they will buy divisions from each other. Sanlam will pay R200 million for Alexander Forbes’ individual client administration business, which will become part […]
