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A snapshot of South African private healthcare

12 September 2008

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) recently published it’s 2007/8 Annual Report which includes results for the entire medical schemes environment. As the country heads for tighter regulation in coming years we though it appropriate to take a snapshot o

KISS! Stripping complexity from critical illness insurance

29 August 2008

The Life Offices’ Association (LOA) has been fairly quiet since its June decision to merge with the Association of Collective Investments, the Investment Management Association of SA and the Linked Investment Service Providers Association to form a new fi

It’s time to innovate

15 August 2008

A couple of days ago we received an email from one of our regular readers. We’re not going to dwell on the specifics of his correspondence; but will share his thoughts on some of his experiences in dealing with the short-term insurance industry. He accuse

Does buy-to-let make sense when house price growth slows?

01 August 2008

As house prices remain under pressure the property pundits are crowing for investors to get back in to buy-to-let property. The argument is that investors will benefit from the combination of lower prices and higher residential rents. Trafalgar, which pub

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The strongest deterrent against FSP compliance missteps is or should be:

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A criminal conviction Debarment Fine or penalty Any of the above can work

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