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Santam’s current “best estimate” of its gross exposure to the KwaZulu-Natal floods in April is R3.2 billion. However, reinsurance cover will limit the net impact to about R500 million, it said in a […]
If you think that a “business as usual” approach is all that is required in the future, you are in for a rude awakening. In a recent media release, Andrew Coutts, the head […]
Santam, South Africa’s largest non-life insurer, has taken full control of Indwe Broker Holdings after acquiring the shareholding from African Rainbow Capital Financial Services and Sanlam. Before the transaction, Santam held 24% of […]
The South African Insurance Association (SAIA) says the damage to infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal as a result of the floods already exceeds R1.1 billion, which was the estimated cost of damage after the flash […]
Santam, South Africa’s leading non-life insurer, issued an “operational circular” on 15 March that could have a significant impact on commercial clients’ existing cover for business interruption resulting from extended cover for losses […]
Santam paid out R24.5 billion (2020: R21bn) in claims last year, the highest gross claims pay-out in its 104-year history, the country’s biggest short-term insurer said in its financial results for the year […]
Events over the past year, both locally and internationally, have shifted the focus on a number of material terms and conditions in policy documents. Pre- and post-Covid A media release published in November […]
The systemic nature of cyber risk provides intermediaries with an unprecedented opportunity to show-case their value to clients, Andrew Coutts, Santam’s head of Intermediated Distribution, told the recent InsureTalk18 online conference. It is […]
Possibly the single biggest pandemic issue affecting the short-term insurance industry was the contingent business interruption (CBI) controversy. At first, insurers denied liability, claiming that the lockdown was not an insured peril. It […]
Possibly the single biggest pandemic issue affecting the short-term insurance industry was the contingent business interruption (CBI) controversy. At first, insurers denied liability, claiming that the lockdown was not an insured peril. It […]
South Africa’s short-term insurance sector experienced a 28% fall in profit after tax (PAT) last year, from R8.3 billion in 2019 to R6bn, largely because of defaults on credit, an increase in net […]
South Africa’s short-term insurance sector experienced a 28% fall in profit after tax (PAT) last year, from R8.3 billion in 2019 to R6bn, largely because of defaults on credit, an increase in net […]
Santam announced today that it will settle valid claims for all commercial policies with contingent business interruption (CBI) extensions in addition to those covered by its Hospitality & Leisure division. This announcement impacts […]
Whilst the UK Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on the FCA test case on Business Interruption Insurance policy wordings tomorrow morning, South African insurer Santam commenced with a process for settling Covid-19 […]
The introduction of “execution of sales” as a method of making financial products accessible to the lower income section of the population may have arisen from noble intentions, but like the expression says, […]
The introduction of “execution of sales” as a method of making financial products accessible to the lower income section of the population may have arisen from noble intentions, but like the expression says, […]
