South Africa Ratings Affirmed At 'BB-/B' Foreign Currency And 'BB/B' Local Currency; Outlook Stable
May 26, 2021
S&P Global Ratings Overview South Africa’s near-term economic performance and current account are experiencing a cyclical uplift as a result of a combination of base effects following a large economic contraction in 2020, and improving…
Industry authority offers insight into cultivating success within the automotive F&I space The highly anticipated Finance and Insurance (F&I) Summit, which took place virtually on Tuesday this week, brought together the best and brightest executives…
Respiratory system disorder claims shoot up by 61% under total underwritten claims as a result of widespread infection Old Mutual announced that it paid R14 billion in risk cover claims in 2020. The pay-out includes underwritten,…
Liberty’s claim statistics for 2020 show a significant increase in retrenchment and mortality claims following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and hard lockdown in April, which had a substantial impact on the country’s economy….
Elmarie Samuel, Product Marketing Specialist at FMI (a Division of Bidvest Life Ltd) Collectively, small to medium-sized businesses contribute 20% to South Africa’s GDP, account for 66% of all formal jobs and keep 10.8 million…
Andy Given Khoza – Head of Pricing, Analytics and Business Development at Bryte Insurance and Moroesi Mokhabi – Business Consultant at Bryte Life Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) are major contributors to job creation…
SA’s best up and coming fintech startups sweated it out at a virtual demo day recently, where they had just 5 minutes each to convince a panel of judges that they should be part of…
Recent data by Lightstone Property shows that nearly 15% of homeowners who sold and bought homes in the three years leading up to 2020 have moved from cities to smaller towns. Most of these purchases from the…
