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What Covid-19 has taught us about wealth management

23 March 2021

It’s been over a year since the pandemic-induced stock market meltdown and since South Africa entered hard lockdown, and it is time to look back and examine what this period has taught us as an industry.

Covid-19 changes considerations around life insurance

02 November 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought challenges and uncertainty to the world in 2020. The consequences of a low-probability event such as the one we are living through was not a top consideration for many prior to the outbreak. Now, hundreds of millions of people are struggling to survive losses in income and an uncertain future. And like many challenges that are uncertain, this has highlighted the urgent need for life insurance.

Consumers urged to get back on track post premium relief options

28 October 2020

During the height of the COVID-19 crisis, many insurers offered wide ranging relief measures to help people cope with their financial pressures brought about by the economic ramifications of the lockdown.

Post-Covid-19 business success is not about navigating the new normal, it’s about defining it. And data insights are key.

26 October 2020

Apart from the obvious impact of months of lockdown on business turnover and profitability, one of the biggest challenges that faced organisations during the first few months of Covid-19 was a complete lack of data. The world had never faced a situation quite like this, and given the significant dependence of businesses on data for strategy development and decision making, most companies found themselves having to ‘shoot from the hip’ given that there was now a structural break in their data flows, and they had no access to any particularly relevant customer, industry or economic data to analyse and inform their decisions.

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

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2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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Wealthy families support the fight against COVID-19

07 October 2020

Life and medical insurers turn to excess mortality to measure the severity of pandemic

08 September 2020

The long-term effects of COVID could affect South Africans for years to come

18 August 2020

Covid-19 shines spotlight on gaping holes in personal risk planning and responding insurance solutions

11 August 2020

Covid-19: income protection could be ‘best investment you ever make’

28 July 2020

FNB provides additional credit insurance benefits to cover customer’s’ COVID-19 relief instalments

16 July 2020

Past, present and future: all the ways COVID-19 has changed insurance

10 July 2020

Could COVID-19 be the push the life insurance industry needs?

19 June 2020

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