Unnoticed changes to documents crucial to BI dispute between mall owners and insurers

The contract went through 10 iterations between July 2019 and March 2020, with the term ‘infectious and contagious diseases’ variously in or out.

Is business email compromise also a threat to advisers?

The recent findings against prominent legal persona might be a timely warning for the financial services industry to take preventative action.

Cybercrime judgment has implications for FSPs that email bank details to clients

ENS was aware that business email compromise attacks were rife in the conveyancing industry, judge says.

How to keep cybercriminals at bay when shopping online this Black Friday

Cybercriminals create bogus online stores that claim to sell hard-to-find items.

Why insurance premium increases are unavoidable

Santam’s executive head of commercial and personal intermediated business, Andrew Coutts, has issued a communication to intermediaries setting out the factors that have made premium increases unavoidable. Coutts said households and businesses have […]

Huge increase in backdoor malware in South Africa, says Kaspersky

The incidence of South African businesses that came under attack from a particularly dangerous type of malware increased by 140% between the first and second quarters of this year, according to cybersecurity and […]

Advice for intermediaries when talking to clients about cyber insurance

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 […]

Key trends in the short-term insurance industry

The South African insurance industry is a vital socio-economic sector that provides a critical safety net to society. This was crystalised in 2021 as we continued to grapple with the fallout from the […]

Cybercriminals breach data records of 1.4 million consumers

In South Africa’s latest major data breach, it has emerged that cybercriminals accessed the personal records of more than 1.4 million consumers and employees in a ransomware attack on the servers of Debt-IN […]

2022 is closer than you think

A month or so ago I watched a documentary on Showmax titled ‘Our Towns’, the film version of a book, ‘Our Towns, A 100 000 Mile Journey in the Heart of America’, by […]

Five trends to consider to future-proof your practice

Change in the last 18 months has been rapid, with business and advice moving online in a matter of weeks. Zoom alone grew from around 10 million users in 2019 to 300 million […]

The FSCA and Cybercrime

Cybercrime continues to evolve, with new threats surfacing every day. Last year an Accenture study revealed a huge spike in cyberattacks on all fronts – banks, Internet service providers (ISPs), utilities and ecommerce […]

Cybercrime – coming to a PC near you soon

For all you know, (or may not know), it may already be there. Our staff was recently addressed by cyber security specialists on the current status of cybercrime in South Africa. This is […]