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2024 FIA Awards: Western National Insurance wins coveted Non-Life Insurer of the Year Commercial Award for three years in a row

Western National Insurance has clinched the Non-Life Insurer of the Year: Commercial Award at the FIA Intermediary Experience Awards, for the third year in a row. Madelein Stockton: Head of Distribution, Jacques Vorster: Regional Head of Sales and Estelle Smit: Regional Manager Northern Region from Western were present to accept the award at the ceremony held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

#FIA2024Awards...Hard work pays off

FAnews had the honour of attending the prestigious FIA Intermediary Experience Awards last night, a premier event in South Africa’s financial services sector celebrated for over 20 years.

Insurers challenged to shift focus from risk transfer to mitigation

What does the world look like if those responsible for risk transfer work proactively to reduce the very risks they offer protection against? This was one of the trains of thought to emerge during an interactive CEO Roundtable discussion hosted by the Insurance Institute of Gauteng (IIG) and iTOO Special Risks recently. Having already covered the thought-provoking, scene-setting address in ‘Insurance CEOs challenged to re-think their risk opportunity mindsets’, FAnews felt it worth unpacking some of the insights the event generated.

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