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The dominant regulatory theme of our times

15 August 2022 | Straight Talk

The way that financial services firms carry themselves in the market and interact with consumers has never been more important. “Market conduct and market conduct compliance are undoubtedly the dominant regulatory themes of our times,” said Richard Rattue, Managing Director at Compli-Serve, in his opening remarks to a two-hour-long compliance and market conduct seminar, hosted virtually. He noted that firms were under intense pressure to demonstrate the so-called triple bottom line, by making profit without adversely impacting on the environment or society.

Rampant crime… Such rot does not develop overnight

12 August 2022 | The Stage

Violent contact crimes such as common assaults, hi-jackings, home invasions, murders and rapes are so commonplace across South Africa that the country’s law-abiding citizenry hardly react to the daily horror stories. Echoing the famous line from an equally famous ‘Pink Floyd’ classic, one might say: “I [we] have become comfortably numb”. And it is just as well, because comfortable numbness is the only way to navigate headlines such as ‘Film crew attacked, several women reportedly gang-raped in West Village’ or ‘Eight models shooting music video [gang] raped on the West Rand’. There are no words that can be written to ease the victims’ pain.

Moving the conversation from product to advice

01 August 2022 | Featured Story

From 25 to 26 July, insurance professionals gathered for the African Insurance Exchange (AIE) conference to reconnect in person or online. The theme this year was Resurgence. Resilience. Revival - “Which reflects the challenges of the past two and a half years on a local and global scale,” said Thokozile Mahlangu, CEO of the Insurance Institute of South Africa (IISA).

Forget strength… Give me power is SA’s new rallying cry

29 July 2022 | The Stage

The recent mutterings by the department of mineral resources, since seconded by the country’s president, that Eskom 2.0 is a perfect counter to South Africa’s electricity woes should have sent the local citizenry into a Sri Lankan style frenzy. Alas, cowered as we were from week-upon-week of Stage IV and worse loadshedding, we hardly noticed.

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This is what it takes to sell insurance

28 July 2022 | Straight Talk

Bright futures in underwriting

13 July 2022 | Featured Story

Impossible to ‘scoop’ … Reporting on an 8-year-old insured loss

11 July 2022 | The Stage

A war cry for advisers: disrupt or fail

27 June 2022 | Featured Story

On value versus growth and the China Contrarian Conundrum

24 June 2022 | Straight Talk

What’s inside… FAnews Magazine June 2022

14 June 2022 | The Stage

Your financial fortune will ebb and flow in countless parallel, virtual universes

03 June 2022 | The Stage

Can your life insurer pay up 40-years from now?

23 May 2022 | Straight Talk

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