The applicant only became aware in May last year that the decision to debar her constituted administrative action.
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In the light of increasing fraudulent insurance claims, Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies, explained to IT-Online how next-generation dashcams reduce these fraudulent claims. “Dashcams are now equipped with smart sensors that […]
The Discovery Health Medical Scheme continues to lead the medical scheme industry with a market share of 56.6% in the open medical scheme market, net growth of over 41,000 lives in 2018 and […]
The Discovery Health Medical Scheme continues to lead the medical scheme industry with a market share of 56.6% in the open medical scheme market, net growth of over 41,000 lives in 2018 and […]
According to the just-released claim statistics of Sanlam, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death claims. “This aligns to the Heart Foundation’s 2017 report, which identified that 18% of deaths in South […]
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The term ‘risk based and proportionate’ is one of the important cornerstones of how market conduct will be assessed and regulated in future. The following possible sources of conduct risk were identified: Culture […]
