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20 February 2020 | The Stage

The latest edition of the FAnews magazine and FAnuus magazine is out. In the February 2020 edition, read up on updates to the insurance regulatory framework, unprecedented types of claims, risk trends and their interconnections, bond investments getting riskier and so much more!

Are South Africans choosing the safer bet

05 February 2020 | Straight Talk

I have attended dozens of retirement funding presentations over the years. The focus is usually on saving enough capital to ‘buy’ a sustainable income in your golden years using the time-tested formula of contributing 15% (or more) of your gross annual salary to a pension fund or retirement annuity from the time you start working (aiming for at least 40 years of contributions) and always preserving your capital when changing jobs. But what happens when you reach your retirement age?

Not justified in declining liability

27 January 2020 | The Stage

We summed up some case studies from the Ombudsman for Short Term Insurance’s (OSTI) briefcase, which we thought would be interesting for our readers. In one of the cases it is clear that non-disclosure is still a very serious thing.

Investigating a changing insurance market

16 January 2020 | Featured Story

The insurance market, according to Terence Williams, CEO of Aon South Africa, is in the midst of its most consistent shift in a number of years. “In certain countries, sectors and lines of business, buyers are experiencing rate increases, capacity shortages, and a more critical attitude from insurers towards risk selection,” said Williams.

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