The Journey to On-Demand Insurance
Worldwide references to “disruption” and the “on-demand economy” have been around long enough for us to have witnessed the start of its meteoric rise and globally, parts of the transport, food and general […]
BHI Trust fallout widens as FSCA bans intermediary for 20 years
The FSCA’s latest action highlights the regulatory risks for individuals who may have been linked to the BHI Trust scheme.
Safer Financial Services
The introduction to a recent article by Carmel Ricard, for Legalbrief, sounded very familiar as it applies, equally, to financial advisers. “Crooked lawyers make the headlines so often that it’s easy to overlook […]
Prof Matthew Lester’s tequila-tax-slam-dunk
Can we use the changes in income tax to score big on our tax returns? 22 February 2017 is South Africa’s national budget day and there is a lot of doom and gloom […]
Budget Warmup Cocktail
It’s that time of year when everyone is speculating on what will happen on the National 2017/18 National Budget Speech. I do hope those who predict a VAT increase are as bonkers as […]
Four Steps to Reducing your Cyber Vulnerability
Data security is fast becoming a major focus from a number of regulators, including those overseeing financial services. In fact, with the amount of the sensitive information held by financial advisers and product […]
DOFA Deadline Looming
That dreaded date is baring its fangs again. Representatives A representative’s Date of First Appointment (DOFA) determines when he or she has to successfully complete the regulatory exam for representatives RE 5. This means […]
Credit life insurance regulations published
Final credit life insurance regulations were gazetted on 10 February 2017 and are scheduled to come into force in August this year. Only credit agreements concluded on or after the commencement date will be affected. […]
Demarcation of health insurance products
The demarcation debate started when the Council for Medical Schemes stated that the so called “hospital plan” insurance products contravened the Medical Schemes Act. What is a medical scheme? Medical schemes are non-profit […]
Insurance Bill criticised by black business
Business Day reports as follows: A highly technical bill intended to strengthen the prudential regulation of the insurance industry was attacked by black business in Parliament on Tuesday for reinforcing the barriers to […]
Reinstatement after Debarment
My husband was debarred almost 5 years ago, the reason for debarment was justified and fair. That said I do believe that he has paid enough for his mistakes. Recently an FSP approached […]
Possible POPI Commencement Dates
ITWeb recently printed an article titled Regulatory quagmire awaits SA’s IT businesses which provides, inter alia, some idea of what we can expect in terms of the roll out of the Protection of […]
Santam makes TCF decision
An Operational Circular titled “Settlement of claims on damaged or stolen vehicle tyres and shock absorbers/springs”, issued on 24 January 2017, provides a good example of Treating Customers Fairly in action. Commercial and Personal lines […]
Short-Term Insurance Premium Collection – Now and in Future
From enquiries we receive, there appears to be some confusion regarding the collection of short-term insurance premiums. This is understandable, given the various amendments to the STIA, the implementation of the Financial Sector […]
Filtering the Fintech hype
A tale of old banking, new banking and the missing wallet I was travelling in the UK earlier this year and I managed to lose my wallet. That is a horrible experience at […]
Bringing back the human element in client engagement
Here’s a novel revelation. It turns out customers are also human, after all. It fascinates me that in many industries and businesses we seem to have forgotten that customers (those folk that buy […]
Regulatory Exam Bodies may not endorse Training Services
Regulatory Examination bodies such as Moonstone operate in terms of a mandate from the FSB. In a sense, we represent the Regulator, which means that we are bound by exactly the rules and […]
Risk Involved in Short-term Home Rentals
The latest Mutual and Federal newsletter contains an article by SA Property News of interest to brokers and their clients who make use of facilities like AirB&B to rent out their houses and […]
