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COVER Excellence Awards
COVER Magazine presents the annual COVER EXCELLENCE Awards at The 2014 Insurance Conference Gala and COVER Awards Dinner at Sun City on the 29th of July, 2014. (Dinner sponsored by Allianz South...
View ArticleUnderstanding credit amnesty
The 1st of April saw new regulations come into place that allow for a ‘Credit Information Amnesty’. Unfortunately, the complexity of the Amnesty has caused wide-spread confusion among consumers, some...
View ArticleHorizon announces new appointment
Horizon Underwriting Managers are pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Brews to the role of Head of Underwriting and Marketing. Mike will increase Horizon’s representation in a marine market...
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Crimea crisis brings challenges for the BRICS
Crimea may seem far away from South Africa, and the tensions in Europe over the peninsula’s decision to become part of Russia, and its subsequent annexation by Russia, may not appear to have immediate...
View ArticleHow to turn good business into excellent business
Making the leap towards excellence in business does not require above-average intelligence or even a degree in business says Professor Walter Baets, Director of Africa’s top business school. All that...
View ArticleWhere we stand with climate change
Q&A with Andrew Gilder on climate change in SA, senior associate in environmental law at ENS Africa 1. Where do we currently stand with regards to climate change regulation in SA? The climate...
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Keep SA roads safe this Easter
According to the World Health Organisation the road fatality rates on the African continent is the highest in the world. In fact, Nigeria and South Africa are recorded to have the highest fatality...
View ArticleUnit trusts prove timing is key
In 2000, the collective investments industry had only R117 billion assets under management, with R44 billion in equity funds, R6 billion in asset mix funds and R33 billion in money market funds....
View ArticleSA businesses ignore Wi-fi at their peril
Globally, 45% of total GSM smart device traffic was offloaded onto terrestrial networks via Wi-Fi in 2013, according to data from Cisco. In addition to this, Informa estimates that by 2015 there will...
View ArticleTaxis need insurance too
Johannesburg, 15 April 2014 – RMB Structured Insurance Limited (RMBSI) has added to its portfolio a new specialised Underwriting Management Agency (UMA), Commuter and General Underwriting Managers Pty...
View ArticleThe SAIA cautions motorists
The South African Short-Term Insurance Association (SAIA) has yet again called on motorists to be careful when driving during the coming Easter Weekend. This warning follows a call for caution by the...
View ArticleBrokerslink expands into Mexico
Brokerslink, one of the largest independent insurance broker networks managing premium volumes in excess of USD 14 billion, has entered the key Monterrey corporate market in Mexico with the addition of...
View ArticleGrowing capacity essential for NDP
The National Development Plan (NDP) is an effective plan and its fixed investment target of 30% by 2030 is an ambitious one, however it will be challenging to meet. This is according to Old Mutual...
View ArticleRise in ‘lifestyle’ cancers means a rise in cost
The cost of treating cancer has risen significantly in South Africa in recent years, as more and more people are being diagnosed with the disease. This is largely due to the rise in ‘lifestyle cancers’...
View ArticleTaking stock of micro-insurance
Cenfri has undertaken a stock-taking study of South African micro-insurance on behalf of the FinMark Trust. The proposal for a South African micro-insurance regulatory framework has been on the table...
View ArticleThe bigger picture for retirement
How do pension funds fit into the broader economy and what role do they play in economic development? This is the question that a panel of experts gathered at GIBS to discuss at the Mandela Colloquium....
View ArticleRetail property sector viewed positively
Global Credit Ratings (GCR) continues to view the retail property segment positively despite the weak consumer market and other economic challenges present in the retail operating environment. Eyal...
View ArticleSouth African Life and Property/Casualty Sectors
In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Associate Director Neil Gosrani explains : The impact of country risk in our assessment of the South African life and property/casualty sectors...
View ArticleEurop Assistance emphasises women empowerment
Europ Assistance South Africa recently made history by announcing the first female CEO in the Group, Rouxlé van Molendorff. The company prides itself on its focus on transformation, and in another move...
View ArticleRetail on the rise
Retail expansion is key to DHL Express’ Africa business strategy. This is according to Sumesh Rahavendra, Head of Marketing for DHL Express, Sub Saharan Africa. The recently released A.T Kearney...
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