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We can keep South Africa in the Premier League

22 May 2009

It’s extremely difficult to predict the future. Try as we might we can only come up with three certainties: death, taxes and change. If you want to know what South Africa’s future looks like you’ll have to dabble in probabilities and scenarios. And the be

Has the economic bailout worked?

08 May 2009

Governments around the world have thrown billions of dollars at their respective economies to stave off the recent global financial contagion. You need only turn to America to appreciate the extent of the malaise. From peak to trough the US S&P 500 Index

On super-ombudsman and issues of short-term complaint transparency

17 April 2009

A week or two after the release of the Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance (OSTI) 2008 Annual Report we travelled to Johannesburg to spend some time with Ombudsman, Brian Martin. In our half-hour discussion we touched on a wide range of challenges in the s

Insurers cough up R118m as Short-term Ombudsman cracks the whip!

27 March 2009

South African short-term insurance consumers would have been R118m out of pocket if it hadn’t been for the Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance (OSTI). This significant recovery was undoubtedly the highlight in the OSTI 2008 Annual Report. Ombudsman Brian M

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Question

Do you think short-term insurance broking will survive the AI plus humanoid robotics age?

Answer

Human first always Not a chance Possibly maybe Yes, but reimagined

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