Current Poll

Ran from 08 Sep 2015 to 23 Sep 2015

You client needs to cut costs. What is the first type of product that is likely to be dropped?

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Ran from 31 Aug 2015 to 30 Sep 2015

Is there still a mindset in the industry that insurance is sold and not bought?

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Ran from 13 Aug 2015 to 30 Aug 2015

What is your general view of the insurance industry?

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Ran from 31 Jul 2015 to 12 Aug 2015

Will the new amendments to the Medical Schemes Act (Regulation 8) regarding PMBs benefit the industry?

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Ran from 14 Jul 2015 to 12 Aug 2015

Outsurance recently had a bad day in court over non-disclosure (Jerrier v OUTsurance http://goo.gl/pmxo57). Is there a fine line in material non-disclosure or is it pretty clear cut?

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Ran from 26 Jun 2015 to 31 Jul 2015

97% of IFAs feel the FSB should do more to monitor unregulated scheme. The new view of “if it looks like a financial services product and smells like a financial services product, it will be regulated as a financial services product” will address this. Bu

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Ran from 09 Jun 2015 to 25 Jun 2015

Were the winners of the #FIAAwards2015 what you expected?

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Ran from 20 May 2015 to 08 Jun 2015

Sedick Isaacs pointed out that fraud in the motor sector is costing SA between R4 billion and R5 billion a year. Have you seen rampant levels of fraud in the motor industry?

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Ran from 11 May 2015 to 19 May 2015

At the ASISA Conference, Jan Mahlangu (Retirement Funds Coordinator of COSATU) asked the FSB to reduce the costs of running a retirement fund. This will reduce the burden on the public. Do you feel that the cost of running retirement funds is unnecessaril

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Ran from 23 Apr 2015 to 10 May 2015

We recently did an article on the importance of disability cover. Do you think that the disability insurance gap in South Africa is overstated?

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