Exercising regularly is only the starting point for Discovery’s argument that everyday behaviours can have a lasting effect on earnings, debt, and retirement security.
Santam, South Africa’s leading non-life insurer, issued an “operational circular” on 15 March that could have a significant impact on commercial clients’ existing cover for business interruption resulting from extended cover for losses […]
KGA Life has been granted leave to appeal the Eastern Cape High Court’s judgment that ordered it to release the group funeral scheme it underwrote for Multisure Corporation. It was hoped that the […]
The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (Asisa) has cautioned policyholders and investors to expect an increase in phishing attempts and approaches from criminals impersonating representatives from life insurers and investment companies […]
The FSCA has withdrawn its request for retirement funds to provide it with information, every three months, about their paid-up members and unclaimed benefits. Read: Funds given until 6 May to submit information […]
South African investors are far more risk averse than their foreign counterparts, with only 19% of local collective investment scheme (CIS) assets in equity portfolios compared with 47% for all international CIS assets, […]
Assets under management (AUM) by regulated hedge funds in South Africa grew 19%, while the number of funds continued to decline last year, according to figures released by the Association for Savings and […]
FMI has rebranded as Bidvest Life in a move to become a consumer-facing brand and grow its market share by leveraging off the brand recognition of the Bidvest Group. “We want to box […]
When it comes to the life insurance sector, South Africa has one of the most competitive insurance markets in the world, with a mature, established industry that serves middle- and upper-income clients, and […]
The FSCA has proposed amending the Short-term Insurance Act regulations to exempt independent intermediaries from commission clawbacks when a policy is voided because of material misrepresentation or non-disclosure by the policyholder. Regulation 5.4 […]
Old Mutual turned in a strong performance in the year to the end of December, despite the negative impact of Covid-19-related death claims, with the group’s retail segments paying some R13 billion in […]
Employees must ensure they have nominated beneficiaries on their unapproved group life and funeral policies. If they don’t, the benefit will be paid to the deceased estate, incurring unnecessary delays and costs. This […]
A new Code of Practice reaffirms employers’ right to introduce vaccine mandates and tightens the grounds on which employees may refuse to be vaccinated. Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi gazetted the “Code […]
I commented last week on the difficulty experienced by insurers to obtain irrefutable proof where there are suspicions that someone involved in an accident may have been driving under the influence of alcohol […]
On Monday, the Labour Court in Johannesburg delivered its first judgment on when a Covid vaccination policy in a workplace will be lawful. In December 2021, a company called Ernest Lowe sent a […]
With new acting CEO Khandani Msibi at the helm in 2021 it might have seemed that the problems plaguing 3Sixty Life, the insurer owned by the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa), would be […]
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has ruled that the dismissal of an “anti-vaxxer” was fair but in the same breath found the employer to be at fault for sending him […]
South African life insurers reported a 53% surge in death claims between 1 April and 30 September 2021 compared to the same period in pre-Covid 2019, according to statistics released by the Association […]
