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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.

This is what it takes to sell insurance

28 July 2022 | Straight Talk

Intermediaries need to move away from pushing product and begin focussing on selling advice. This was among the key tips emerging during the ‘successful intermediary of tomorrow’ panel discussion, held on the first morning of the 2022 African Insurance Exchange (AIE 2022). The long-awaited return to the ‘real world’ conferencing format saw more than 700 insurance stakeholders descend on the Sun City Hotel and Conference Centre to discuss challenges and opportunities in the industry and network with colleagues and friends.

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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

SA banks and insurers set to ride out the 2022 inflation shock

20 May 2022 | The Stage

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