Non-life

New smart phone app and tracking system aids insurance

To assist insurance companies in minimizing their risk ratio, GPS Tracking Solutions, a division of Eqstra Fleet Management & Logistics, has launched GPS Lite, a tracking system and smartphone app which allows both drivers and their insurance companies to manage driver behaviour by producing a driver profile/scorecard highlighting speeding, excessive idling and harsh braking. A SARS compliant logbook is also included in the app – this can be managed, but it is initially determined by the driver’s working hours.

Road Accident Fund payments on hold

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) regrets to inform claimants, service providers, stakeholders and caregivers that payments have ground to a halt due to the RAF’s bank account being attached by the Sheriff of the Court. This is a result of a few legal firms whose actions have disrupted an established cash management plan which now inconsiderately prioritises them over those who have patiently been awaiting payment.

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Protesting against the fast and the furious

One of the sad facts about South Africa is that whenever it comes to the festive season at the end of the year or the Easter Weekend towards the middle of the year, we brace ourselves for the reports when we return to work telling us how many people died on the roads during the periods in question.