Level One – what does this mean for the e-commerce sector?
September 17, 2020
President Ramaphosa last night confirmed the much publicised rumors that South Africa would indeed move to Level One as from midnight on Sunday, 20 September. While the hard lockdown saw e-commerce activity skyrocket to unprecedented…
A guide to how we assess risk for income protection - Our new approach to freelancers
September 16, 2020
By: Nic Smit – Head of Product and Pricing at FMI (a Division of Bidvest Life Ltd) Many individuals today choose to work as freelancers and this sector is predicted to grow, considering the biggest…
Saving for Sunnier Days
September 16, 2020
By: Sonal Desai, Ph.D Franklin Templeton The second pulse of our Franklin Templeton-Gallup Economics of Recovery Study brings important confirmations of our first results, as well as some powerful new insights: Household confidence seems to…
Compliance in the time of Covid-19
September 9, 2020
By: Tanya van Aswegen, General Manager, Compli-Serve SA Navigating compliance requires some out of the box thinking given so many of us are still working from home. Some of the compliance officers (COs) at Compli-Serve…
Tennant Group concludes its first B-BBEE deal
September 9, 2020
By: Tennant Group Tennant Group, a leading and established financial services company, has concluded its first B-BBEE transaction with KDI Capital Partners, which will result in it becoming majority black-owned. This transaction sees a significant…
By: GlobalData Among Italy’s’ top ten insurers, eight are heavily reliant on the life insurance domain and could witness a spike in the claims segment. Due to the over-exposure to the claims, Italy’s prominent insurers…
How the new POPI act affects intermediaries
September 7, 2020
By: Danelle van Heerde, Head of Advice Solutions at Sanlam Cyber-attacks are on the rise during lockdown, increasing from the norm of 30 000 daily to 310 000 recorded on the 18 March as criminals exploit the unsecured home networks…
Brad Toerien joins ICON to change insurance distribution
September 3, 2020
An ICONIC new approach to Broker Servicing Cape Town based broker consulting firm, ICON, has brought on life insurance industry leader, Brad Toerien, to head up its expansion as CEO of ICON Connect. Richard Bowman,…
