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Managing your risk of exposure to burglaries

16 October 2014

According to Aon South Africa, there has been a marked increase in residential robberies in the last year. The release of the recent SAPS crime stats substantiates the findings with burglary at residential premises remaining relatively high at 260 460 reported incidences for the 2013/2014 period; while robbery with aggravating circumstances increased by 12.7% from 105 888 to 119 351 incidences in the last year.

A little white lie

16 October 2014

Abraham Lincoln once said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”

Increase in armed mall robberies in SA raises questions over liability

13 October 2014

The importance of comprehensive public liability cover has again been highlighted following the recent cases of armed robbery at Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town which resulted in the theft of an estimated R1m worth of Apple products last week as well as R2m worth of diamonds, rings and watches on Saturday - despite security and surveillance. This latest incident, together with a spate of recent Gauteng shopping mall robberies proves that 2014 will follow typical trends with an uptick in mall robberies towards the festive season.