
Appeal Tribunal clarifies life insurer’s duty in beneficiary nomination
The ruling highlights the need for the timely communication of beneficiary changes in life insurance policies.
The ruling highlights the need for the timely communication of beneficiary changes in life insurance policies.
When the paternity of a retirement member’s child is in doubt, boards must tread a fine line between equitable distribution and undue intrusion.
Deputy Pension Funds Adjudicator Naheem Essop shares how OPFA’s inquisitorial process works, the challenges funds face with internal dispute resolution, and what happens when complaints escalate or are deemed frivolous.
The OPFA on how retirement funds should address non-compliant employers, death benefit allocations, and requests to withhold benefits.
PAIA and POPIA should not be misused to hide inadequate investigations into dependants’ claims.
The FST has upheld a ruling that a legal spouse must still prove financial dependence or be nominated to receive a share of a deceased member’s pension benefit.
The SA Retirement Annuity Fund is looking to the Supreme Court of Appeal to overturn a High Court decision in favour of the Pension Funds Adjudicator.
Life insurers paid almost 96% of death and funeral benefit claims last year – with the total payout worth R39.9 billion.
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