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The impact of pandemic on life insureds

24 June 2020

It will take years for life insurers and reinsurers to get to grips with the behavioural changes introduced during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. Neil Parkin, chief pricing actuary at RGA South Africa used a phrase attributed to a Prussian writer to introduce his aptly-titled ‘COVID-nomics’ webinar, hosted 12 June 2020. The “fog of war” explains a dynamic in which we do not understand the extent of the threat posed by our enemies nor our capacity to combat that threat, he explained. We can create our current reality by substituting ‘pandemic’ for ‘war’ and ‘coronavirus’ for ‘enemy’.

Coronavirus necessitates a review of your client’s medical professional indemnity cover

24 May 2020

South Africa’s professional medical practitioners should review their professional indemnity cover to better understand their risk exposure linked to practicing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the country’s confirmed coronavirus cases exceed the 10 000 mark, it is increasingly likely that doctors and other medical professionals will be called upon to offer medical assistance outside their main areas of practice. They will also have to ensure that they adhere to coronavirus safety protocols and that any medical advice they give appropriately reflects the heightened risk to their patients during these unusual times.

FAnews April 2020 Edition

08 April 2020

The April 2020 edition is out, just in time for you to do another three CPD hours. This edition is packed with high-level, well researched content and we are proud of each article. You will see that CPD articles are now marked so you can easily spot them, but please do not skip the others as you will miss out on good reading material.

Concerns over increased strikes risk

10 March 2020

Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni’s pandora’s box from the treasury’s budgetary allocations has panned out to spook economy observers over the increased risk of public sector strikes, which are said to happen “more likely than not”.

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09 October 2019

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10 September 2019

Are you going to swim against the current?

15 July 2019

Changing the game isn’t easy

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The future is bright for data driven insurers

06 May 2019

Policyholder aggrieved with outcome

09 April 2019

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