Sanlam expects Santam deal to lift returns
Sanlam says buying out Santam’s minority shareholders would support earnings growth, improve capital allocation and help lift adjusted return on equity above 20% by 2030.
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SanlamAllianz: Can the African expansion deliver?
Integration is largely complete, but weak general insurance results and problems at its reinsurance arm are putting SanlamAllianz’s growth ambitions under pressure.
Momentum Insure targets IFA channel with Morné Stoltz appointment
Morné Stoltz’s appointment as head of Intermediary Distribution aims to strengthen Momentum Insure’s IFA channel.
SAIA appoints Lizelle van der Merwe as CEO
The FIA chief executive will take over from Viviene Pearson in January, bringing nearly 30 years of insurance and financial services experience to the role.
South Africa’s healthcare laws are stuck in 1998. AI isn’t waiting.
AI is reshaping healthcare and insurance, but outdated legislation, rising costs, and the need for trusted advice raise questions about how far technology can go.
Is climate volatility making some risks uninsurable?
Brokers’ local knowledge and risk-prevention advice could help keep more properties and businesses insurable as weather-related losses mount.
FIA Advice Summit 2026: Watch Moonstone’s interviews from the event
Moonstone covered the people and perspectives behind the conversations shaping financial advice. Watch our interviews with FIA leadership and industry representatives.
FIA Advice Summit 2026: Why trust matters more than ever
From AI and climate risk to healthcare costs and regulatory reform, the summit explored how advisers can adapt while preserving sound judgement, accountability, and meaningful client relationships.
Hollard refreshes brand positioning around greater certainty
The insurer says its new positioning reflects the need to help customers navigate interconnected risks and make more confident decisions in a changing world.
Sanlam offers R505 a share to take Santam private
Sanlam wants to take full ownership of Santam in a deal that values minority shareholders’ exit at a 26.6% premium.
Santam strengthens Syndicate 1918 team as Lloyd’s operation scales up
Hina Shavdia joins as COO as Santam increases Lloyd’s capacity and expects a larger loss before the business reaches break-even.
OUTsurance’s Danie Matthee takes the helm at SAIA
The new leadership team takes charge as the non-life insurance sector navigates climate risk, infrastructure challenges, technological change, and a persistent protection gap.
Santam’s Lloyd’s bet faces R550m loss as revenue lags costs
Santam’s new Lloyd’s syndicate is expected to post a loss of up to R550m in 2026, even as group earnings and international premium growth remain strong.
What do you do when nobody knows what happens next?
For insurers making decisions about risks and commitments that may play out decades into the future, leadership increasingly means acting wisely without the comfort of certainty.
When AI becomes the risk, who will insure it?
iTOO is building an AI insurance book cautiously, using performance data, international experience, and reinsurance to price a risk that is still evolving.
It may be claim number 49. It’s their worst day.
A routine interaction for an insurance professional can be a crisis for the person on the other side, making empathy a practical part of the job.
Can AARTO make better drivers – and smarter underwriting?
Old Mutual Insure says demerit points could eventually influence underwriting, but only if they prove to be a reliable predictor of insurance risk.
