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Annual report highlights broker costs up

09 October 2017

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) released its Annual Report for 2016-2017 providing a comprehensive report on the status of the private medical schemes industry in South Africa. We thought it would be useful to provide a quick summary in a nutshell of these points to give you a better understanding of the medical schemes industry and what has been going on.

On the cusp of something great

12 September 2017

When anyone is asked about their opinion on the South African economy, the overall consensus will be that the economic outlook is very weak and that there are very few visible redeeming qualities at the moment which will drive the economy forward. While many of these thoughts are completely vindicated, there are a few economists who feel that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Their view is that there are actually quite a few economic levers that we can take advantage of, if there is a political will to do so.

Challenges approaching from every side

16 August 2017

What are South Africa’s major problems when it comes to retirement? If we focus purely on the institutional side of the retirement journey, taking out human elements such as lack of preservation or insufficient contribution rates, a strong case can be made for the argument that there as many institutional challenges as there are human element challenges.

Fit and proper principles to replace REII exams

11 July 2017

Over the years, many industry stalwarts have sung the praises of the industry and the fact that the Financial Services Board (FSB) is putting its best foot forward when it comes to professionalising the industry. The industry is indeed a far cry from what it was ten years ago when it comes to professionalism, and it seems like this will change even further when a new wave of regulatory reform reaches the industry’s shores in 2018.

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Do you think short-term insurance broking will survive the AI plus humanoid robotics age?

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Insurer’s mishap shows importance of advisers

20 June 2017

Hardwired to seek instant gratification

07 June 2017

Taking risks and working past them

22 May 2017

FSB addresses concerns surrounding Regulatory Reform

10 April 2017

A beast government can’t control

14 March 2017

A sobering budget is on the cards

15 February 2017

Cyber crime becomes a multi-billion dollar industry

18 January 2017

The machines have spoken

29 November 2016

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