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Short-term insurers must innovate to maintain underwriting margins

28 February 2012 | Straight Talk

Short-term insurance companies, like most businesses, trade through rising and falling cycles. In recent years local insurers have benefited from a “soft” rates cycle, as evidenced by their consistently improving underwriting margins. The bottom line is t

Five resolutions for a comfortable retirement

27 February 2012 | Featured Story

29 February 2012 is the last day in the 2011/12 tax year. This date is important to taxpayers as it represents the cut off between one tax year and the next. The revenues you earn and deductions you claim up to 29 February this year belong to the current

This policy implementation arrogance must end

25 February 2012 | The Stage

Wikipedia.org defines democracy as a system whereby all the citizens of a nation determine the laws or actions of the state – with all citizens having an equal opportunity to express their consent and their will. It is nigh impossible to implement such a

A two stock investment strategy

14 February 2012 | Featured Story

Imagine if you could reduce your share selection strategy to consider just two types of companies. We discovered this “keep it simple stupid” technique at a recent presentation by PSG Asset Management. The company has used its share picking prowess to eme

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Question

If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

Answer

2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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