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.
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FIC provides practical guide to RMCP submissions under Directive 12
The FIC has laid out the practical steps for accountable institutions facing their first RMCP submission deadlines under Directive 12.
Your client’s email is hacked. You make the payment. Who pays?
Practical steps for FSPs and their clients to spot, verify, and prevent fraud before a compromised email becomes a costly payment.
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.
South Africa’s rail revival opens a new insurance market
As private operators, financiers, and rolling-stock owners enter a rail system long dominated by the state, a specialist insurance market is developing alongside the infrastructure reforms.
High Court rejects challenge to SASRIA’s treatment of co-owned properties
The insurer’s differentiation between co-owners was rationally connected to its risk-management objectives.
Why South Africa’s changing fire risk matters to insurers
Evolving buildings and technologies are complicating structural fires, increasing the importance of prevention, resilience, municipal capacity, and effective risk transfer.
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.
Is your leadership team equipped to oversee FICA compliance?
Moonstone Compliance’s executive training gives decision-makers the knowledge to manage regulatory risk, exercise effective oversight, and strengthen governance.
The race to reach a fire before it becomes a total loss
Private firefighting networks, connected smoke detectors, and faster emergency response are giving insurers new ways to limit losses before flames engulf a home.
Discovery research links sleep debt to higher accident risk
Discovery Insure says four years of research show sleep debt is one of the strongest predictors of accident risk, prompting it to add sleep to its behaviour-based insurance model.
Financial services resilient as risks converge
IRMSA says economic weakness, cyber threats, fraud, and climate pressures are increasingly interacting, while digital innovation and financial inclusion offer routes to growth.
Seven-year R5.5m fraud exposes dangers of unchecked payment controls
Businesses should regularly review user permissions and payment approvals to reduce opportunities for financial misconduct.
NCR signals tougher affordability enforcement as vehicle finance risks mount
Lenders and dealers should dig deeper into living costs, dependants, and insurance obligations to avoid stretching consumers beyond their means.
Clearer communication can prevent many motor insurance disputes
The NFO says proactive disclosure, better underwriting conversations, and stronger intermediary oversight will benefit customers and insurers alike.
On-site fuel storage may create hidden insurance exposures
GIB Insurance Brokers says firms storing larger fuel volumes on-site should ensure insurers are informed and that sums insured reflect the increased exposure.
Santam names head for new India reinsurance business
The GIFT City operation, together with the Lloyd’s syndicate and Avatar acquisition, is part of the group’s move to broaden its risk base and underwriting capabilities.
