orangeblock

Magazine Archives FAnews & FAnuus

Explore the Category

When the unimaginable happens…

When the unimaginable happens…

03 February 2014 | Features / Profiles

From which age do you offer your clients disability and dread disease cover? From what age can your clients actually afford this type of cover? And what is the odds of anything happening to your client which might affect their lives at a young age? The answers to most of the above is probably that most of your clients do not have the money or that they (or you) believe that they are too young… nothing will happen to them now.

When should I live?

When should I live?

03 February 2014 | Features / Profiles

That, really, is the daily conundrum faced by millions of people attempting to live life responsibly, given a limited quantum of resources in the form of assets, or debt, and income.

Gap cover... light at the end of the tunnel?

Gap cover... light at the end of the tunnel?

01 November 2013 | Healthcare

The South African medical industry currently finds itself in a precarious position whereby quality medical cover comes at a high cost, a cost which the public increasingly has to fund privately. In order to mitigate this, many members of the public have taken out gap cover which bridges the gap between what medical schemes are prepared to cover for certain procedures, and what doctors and specialists are charging for these procedures.

Contradictions in medical legislation will impede success of NHI

Contradictions in medical legislation will impede success of NHI

01 November 2013 | Healthcare

One of the many challenges to the successful implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI) is the inherent contradictions contained in the way the South African private healthcare industry is legislated. This is a major contributor towards the rampant escalation in healthcare costs of this sector.

quick poll
Question

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

Answer
Real challenges for schemes and administrators

Real challenges for schemes and administrators

01 November 2013 | Healthcare
Benefits becoming a sticky issue

Benefits becoming a sticky issue

01 November 2013 | Healthcare
The POPI Bill and medical schemes

The POPI Bill and medical schemes

01 November 2013 | Healthcare
Do health management programmes help?

Do health management programmes help?

01 November 2013 | Healthcare
Digging deep for health benefits

Digging deep for health benefits

01 November 2013 | Healthcare
Making sense of beneficiary funds

Making sense of beneficiary funds

01 November 2013 | Life
Reshaping advice

Reshaping advice

01 November 2013 | Life
The RA debate continues

The RA debate continues

01 November 2013 | Life