2017 promises to be a major year when it comes to regulatory reform. Will brokers, advisers and financial planners find it easy to weather the storm and adapt to a new way of doing business?

Yes, regulatory reform will improve the standing of all in the industry when it comes to client interaction (35.29%)

No, client interaction will be heavily constrained by reams of red tape (16.81%)

We’ll have to see the hand the FSB plays before placing a firm bet on the ability to weather any storm (47.9%)

Do you feel that Nova acted in the best interest of the Sharemax shareholders that they were trying to assist?

Yes (2.86%)

No (97.14%)

Over the weekend, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa suggested an increase to the minimum wage to R3 500 p/m

I agree with the increase (43.75%)

I don’t agree with the increase (12.5%)

I hope government has considered all the consequences when making this announcement. In a time of economic crisis, some cant afford these increases (43.75%)

Trump vs. Clinton: Did you see this coming?

Yes (65.41%)

No (34.59%)

Do you think Pravin Gordhans mini budget did enough to save South Africa from a ratings downgrade?

Yes definitely (25%)

No there is to much political instability (48.08%)

Undecided, time will tell (26.92%)

Statistics show that by 2030, there will be over 500 billion connected devices in the world. Is the insurance industry ready for this?

Yes (32.88%)

No (67.12%)

South Africa has a lot to offer the rest of the continent in terms of outsourcing services (skills around services such as call centres) into the rest of Africa. Is this a viable avenue to create new business?

Yes (96.23%)

No (3.77%)

The FSB is getting serious about Big Data, but is coming down hard on binder holders. Do you feel this is fair?

Yes (59.18%)

No (40.82%)

Do you subscribe to the belief that South Africa does not have a culture of saving?

Yes, this is undeniably true…look at the facts (65.28%)

No, rampant inflation has created this beast (34.72%)

Job creation among the youth is low, can the insurance industry play a more integral role in cultivating young talent

Yes (90.91%)

No (3.72%)

This is governments problem, leave us out of it (5.37%)