Most FSCA levies will rise by 3.2%, but retirement funds face a 15% increase in the OPFA levy, and charges are introduced for some entities.
The Financial Services Tribunal has ordered the Pension Funds Adjudicator to reopen a complaint against Old Mutual involving the alleged conversion of a policy to an annuity without the client’s consent. The Adjudicator […]
A very popular management guide, Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, written by Wess Roberts in the late 1980s, contained reflections on leadership that formed the core of many a management course. Some […]
Old Mutual Insure has followed South Africa’s largest short-term insurer, Santam, in excluding certain types of non-physical damage from its business interruption cover, because it can no longer reinsure these events. Read: Santam […]
Some 60% of South Africans report having an insurance product, and insurance penetration, measured using premiums as a percentage of GDP, was 13.7% in 2020 – one of the highest in the world, […]
The number of retirement funds applying for liquidation increased by 21.5% between 2019 and 2020 because of financial distress as members’ contributions fell when employers cut salaries or laid-off staff and businesses closed […]
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has searched the homes of employees in the gold and banking sectors as part of its investigations and audits into illicit financial flows and illicit trade in […]
The South African Special Risk Insurance Association (Sasria) has appointed Mpumelelo “Mpumi” Tyikwe as its new chief executive, effective 7 April. Outgoing incumbent Cedric Masondo, whose term ends in May, is set to […]
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Pension Funds Adjudicator has jurisdiction to hear cases where the complainant was unlawfully admitted as a member of a retirement fund. The court’s ruling clarifies how […]
The FSCA says it will continue to ensure that insurers adopt “a fair and balanced approach” towards premium increases, while taking into account the valuable role the insurance industry has played in difficult […]
The Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance (Osti) ruled that an expert’s findings on which the insurer relied to reject a claim were unreliable. The policyholder submitted a claim for storm damage to his jacuzzi’s […]
The FSCA has fined the chief executive of Smart Billion Investments R10 million and debarred him for 10 years while another director was fined R500 000 and debarred for five years for contravening […]
Telkom has succeeded in “freezing” a pension pay-out to a former employee it is suing for over R200 million. In a civil trial, Telkom alleges Andrew Johannes Jacobs sold information to its competitors. […]
The Gauteng High Court has lifted the curatorship of KeyHealth Medical Scheme, and the board of trustees was authorised to manage the scheme from 5 April. Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) chief executive […]
The question of full disclosure at the time of application, as well as during the term of a policy, came to the fore in a recent article published in Rapport. After first repudiating […]
Cyber security is getting closer to the boardroom, and it is only a matter of time before a failure to implement basic cyber security protocols will result in claims against directors and officers […]
National Treasury’s Asset and Liability Management Division officially launched its Top Up Retail Bond on 1 April, offering investors a return of 8.75%, with interest compounded quarterly, over a minimum investment term of […]
For the second year in a row, passive manager Satrix Investments has won the award for Best Fund House: Larger Fund Range at the Morningstar Fund Awards South Africa for the risk-adjusted performance […]
