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The biggest numbers in life and non-life insurance

Two of the world’s largest global reinsurers reported solid profits for 2021, offering further evidence that the global economy is recovering despite the ongoing pandemic overhang. One must, however, be careful of basing assumptions on headline earnings alone, because these financial services giants operate in multiple insurance disciplines. It is not uncommon for the trading experiences across the healthcare, life and non-life reinsurance disciplines to be divergent.

Our COVID credit bubble is about to burst – how households need to prepare

Economic and policy reform remains crucial to avoid dire long-term local growth prospects

With local growth set to reduce in 2022, as the post-Covid bounce subsides, economic and policy reform are critical levers to salvage our long-term growth prospects. But we are starting to see tentative signs of progress coming through in this regard.

Another side to the BIG issue: what’s the plan when SA cannot afford any more tax?