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SA Households Facing High Financial Stress, 2020 Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor Shows

16 July 2020

A staggering yet understandable 58% of households across South Africa (SA) are facing high or overwhelming financial stress as the Covid-19 crisis knocks savings and raises debt levels, according to the latest Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor (OMSIM).

South African insurers biggest concern is the faltering economy as lockdown eases

15 July 2020

GlobalData’s revised post-COVID-19 forecasts for South Africa’s insurance industry sees a significant shift towards negative growth in both the life and non-life segments.

Lockdown and pandemic may force a rethink of retirement funding models

09 July 2020

The global pandemic and subsequent national lockdown have exposed fault lines in South Africa’s retirement funding industry. Some argue that pension fund regulations should be changed to allow local savers to dip into their retirement savings during times of financial hardship; but the stark reality is that few retirement fund members have enough money saved to make a meaningful difference. Viresh Maharaj, Managing Executive at Sanlam Corporate Distribution, hinted that anyone pinning their hopes on retirement savings as a financial crutch through the pandemic-induced crisis were in for a shock. His comments were made during a media presentation, held the day before the release of the 2020 Sanlam Benchmark survey.

COVID-19 insurance gap creates opportunity for parametric model

08 July 2020

COVID-19 has highlighted that the majority of businesses had no insurance protection against pandemics, even if they held a business interruption policy, which has created an opportunity in the market, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

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Looking Glass report 2020: Response to COVID-19 risks underlines new GC-board relationship and alignment

08 July 2020

Asia Corporate Payment Survey 2020: COVID-19 will overturn last year’s incipient recovery

08 July 2020

Life dominated South Africa’s insurance market to be put under immense strain by COVID-19

08 July 2020

As work sites start to reopen, CFOs are concerned about the global economy and a potential new COVID-19 wave

30 June 2020

Insurers will see take-up of cyber insurance rise following COVID-19

23 June 2020

Upskilling your workforce should remain a key priority even in an uncertain world

18 June 2020

Coface Barometer Q2 2020 : From a massive shock to a diversified recovery

11 June 2020

Global Peace Index: Global peacefulness falls with sustained rise in civil unrest in the last decade and is set to worsen as economic impact of COVID-19 takes hold

10 June 2020

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SA Households Facing High Financial Stress, 2020 Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor Shows

South African insurers biggest concern is the faltering economy as lockdown eases

Lockdown and pandemic may force a rethink of retirement funding models

COVID-19 insurance gap creates opportunity for parametric model

Looking Glass report 2020: Response to COVID-19 risks underlines new GC-board relationship and alignment

Asia Corporate Payment Survey 2020: COVID-19 will overturn last year’s incipient recovery

Life dominated South Africa’s insurance market to be put under immense strain by COVID-19

As work sites start to reopen, CFOs are concerned about the global economy and a potential new COVID-19 wave

Insurers will see take-up of cyber insurance rise following COVID-19

Upskilling your workforce should remain a key priority even in an uncertain world

Coface Barometer Q2 2020 : From a massive shock to a diversified recovery

Global Peace Index: Global peacefulness falls with sustained rise in civil unrest in the last decade and is set to worsen as economic impact of COVID-19 takes hold