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Safe as houses – think again!

13 March 2009

House prices in South Africa continue to fall. That’s according to the latest Absa House Price Index, released 4 March 2009. It concludes the average nominal price of middle-segment housing “dropped by 1.3% year-on-year in February 2009 to around R950 800

On risk, recession and insolvencies

27 February 2009

A raft of economic data has been released in recent days. And each release seems to drive another nail into the coffin of South Africa Inc. Insolvencies for January 2009 were markedly higher, GDP growth data for the fourth quarter of 2008 confirms the cou

Forum counters CMS health broker remuneration proposal

13 February 2009

In September last year the Registrar of Medical Schemes (CMS) published a discussion document detailing their take on health brokers’ remuneration in South Africa going forward. Their assessment focuses on the needs of the consumer and raised concerns ove

Would an alien invasion knock Johannesburg house prices?

30 January 2009

What would we do without the Internet? “Three hours more work each day” is an immediate tongue-in-cheek answer. Because as much as we welcome the time-saving the Internet brings, we must acknowledge its ability to draw us away from our appointed tasks in

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

Answer

Human first always Not a chance Possibly maybe Yes, but reimagined

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