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Medihelp and Old Mutual announce collaboration

Medical Aid

Medihelp and Old Mutual announce collaboration

Issued by Medihelp 16 May 2025

Made for you: Tailored solutions driving growth of SA’s long-term insurance industry

Insurance & Actuarial

Made for you: Tailored solutions driving growth of SA’s long-term insurance industry

Issued by Insight Survey 26 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Brina Biggs

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Data-led insurance product development – the key to the year ahead and beyond

Brina Biggs 4 Feb 2025

Claiming the future: AI’s role in SA’s short-term insurance industry

Insurance & Actuarial

Claiming the future: AI’s role in SA’s short-term insurance industry

Issued by Insight Survey 27 Nov 2024

There is opportunity for innovation in South Africa’s healthcare landscape, says Medshield’s Kevin Aron

Medical Aid

There is opportunity for innovation in South Africa’s healthcare landscape, says Medshield’s Kevin Aron

Kevin Aron, Issued by Stone 4 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Global commercial insurance rates show first quarterly fall in seven years, Marsh says

Sinead Cruise 25 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Sanlam Angola Seguros' new chief executive officer, Armando Jorge Mota.

Insurance & Actuarial

Sanlam Angola Seguros' new CEO

5 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Kopano Tholo, drone expert at ITOO Special Risks.

Healthcare

Africa sees big uptake of insurance for drone medical deliveries in remote areas

7 Jun 2024

Prime Meridian Direct (PMD) steps up with exciting rebrand and new name

Safety

Prime Meridian Direct (PMD) steps up with exciting rebrand and new name

Issued by Prime South Africa 20 May 2024

As purse strings draw tighter under the strain of an economy in flux, challenger brands are stepping into the spotlight says Lebo Madiba, PR Powerhouse

Branding

The rise of the new maestros: The challenger brands

Lebo Madiba 30 Apr 2024

How are mobile platforms and the metaverse driving SA’s long-term insurance industry growth?

Insurance & Actuarial

How are mobile platforms and the metaverse driving SA’s long-term insurance industry growth?

Issued by Insight Survey 6 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Mark Neil, chief distribution officer at Bidvest Life.

Trends

Life insurance trends to watch in 2024

1 Feb 2024

Source: © 123rf Nkazi Sokhulu, CEO of iWYZE, examines the inherent tension in insurance, which arises when honouring valid claims

Insurance & Actuarial

Safeguarding honest policyholders

20 Dec 2023

Bridging the gap: Embedded insurance trending in SA's short-term insurance industry

Insurance & Actuarial

Bridging the gap: Embedded insurance trending in SA's short-term insurance industry

Issued by Insight Survey 15 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Insurance & Actuarial

Higher interest rates a drag on Old Mutual

28 Sep 2023

Insurance & Actuarial

Sanlam's HY interim profit more than doubles

7 Sep 2023

Load and haul operations at Thungela's thermal coal mining operation, Isibonelo Colliery (formerly Anglo American), in Mpumalanga. Source: Philip Mostert/Anglo American/Handout/Reuters

Coal, Oil & Gas

Insurers restrict coal coverage in response to climate concerns

Clara Denina and Sarah McFarlane 1 Sep 2023

Insurance for small farmers: A multisector solution to a big problem

Agriculture

Insurance for small farmers: A multisector solution to a big problem

Deon Scheepers 15 Aug 2023

Source: wirestock via

Agriculture

At the helm of natural and financial storms: El Niño and self-assurance fundamentals

Carin Venter 28 Jul 2023

Local insurtech startup Root expands to the UK

Tech Startups

Local insurtech startup Root expands to the UK

19 May 2023

Insurance & Actuarial

Satisfactory results coming out of SA's major life insurers, stats show

17 May 2023

How is tech-enabled simplification driving SA's long-term insurance industry growth?

Insurance & Actuarial

How is tech-enabled simplification driving SA's long-term insurance industry growth?

Issued by Insight Survey 1 Mar 2023

Naked Insurance raises R290m in funding

Funding

Naked Insurance raises R290m in funding

15 Feb 2023

Are personalised insurance products 'insuring' growth in SA's short-term insurance industry?

CRM, CX, UX

Are personalised insurance products 'insuring' growth in SA's short-term insurance industry?

Issued by Insight Survey 18 Jan 2023

High net worth insurance - can the product withstand inflationary pressures?

Insurance & Actuarial

High net worth insurance - can the product withstand inflationary pressures?

Gisela Budler, Issued by Milpark Education 18 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Financial Services

Prudential appoints new chief executive officer for Africa

9 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Nic Smit, Bidvest Life acting chief product and pricing actuary.

Finance

New 2021 high for Bidvest Life claims volumes

5 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Old Mutual reports 62% profit rise, aims for more

30 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Insurance & Actuarial

SA's top insurers raided on suspicion of price fixing, collusion

Promit Mukherjee 25 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. A2X chief executive officer, Kevin Brady.

Financial Services

Discovery gets green light to trade on A2X

28 Jun 2022

Image source: © Sergey Nivens –

Talent Acquisition

Talent is on the move. Is your business in the right place?

Johann van Niekerk 5 Apr 2022

Financial Services

Dis-Chem enters health-insurance market with launch of Dis-Chem Health

17 Mar 2022

Budget Speech

#BudgetSpeech2022: Wrap-up commentary from Old Mutual's panel of experts

25 Feb 2022

Is InsurTech personalising SA's long-term insurance industry?

Insurance & Actuarial

Is InsurTech personalising SA's long-term insurance industry?

Issued by Insight Survey 7 Feb 2022

Insurance & Actuarial

2022 InsurTech Trends: Anti-fraud analytics booms as cyber-war rages

31 Jan 2022

Source: ©visivasnc

Covid-19

Statistics show vaccine benefit

1 Sep 2021

Jonathan Lewarne, head, short-term insurance, Momentum Consult

Insurance & Actuarial

Image recognition, drones & AI - the technological future of short-term insurance

11 Aug 2021

Conversation Lab adds TT Club to its client base

PR & Communications

Conversation Lab adds TT Club to its client base

27 Jul 2021

Introducing Momentum Insure: A new name, new offerings and an improved bouquet of products

Insurance & Actuarial

Introducing Momentum Insure: A new name, new offerings and an improved bouquet of products

Issued by MSports Marketing 2 Jul 2021

#BehindtheBrandManager: Leza Wells, chief product actuary; acting chief of marketing at FMI

#BehindTheBrandManager

#BehindtheBrandManager: Leza Wells, chief product actuary; acting chief of marketing at FMI

Evan-Lee Courie 4 May 2021

Terence Williams, CEO of Aon South Africa

Insurance & Actuarial

10 current and future risks influencing the insurance market

Terence Williams 26 Nov 2020

Will SA's short-term insurance industry weather the Covid-19 storm?

Insurance & Actuarial

Will SA's short-term insurance industry weather the Covid-19 storm?

Issued by Insight Survey 16 Nov 2020

Thokozile Mahlangu, chief executive, Insurance Institute of South Africa

Insurance & Actuarial

There's still room for growth in SA's insurance market

29 Sep 2020

Capital Legacy shakes up the life insurance market with MyCover

Insurance & Actuarial

Capital Legacy shakes up the life insurance market with MyCover

Issued by Capital Legacy 10 Sep 2020

How insurtech is changing the way people buy insurance

Insurance & Actuarial

How insurtech is changing the way people buy insurance

Issued by Orbeen 24 Aug 2020

Gilbert Anyetei, alternative investment associate, RisCura.

Insurance & Actuarial

African insurance sector a key source of capital for the continent

2 Apr 2020

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Media

Media effectiveness during Covid-19

Jane Ostler, Issued by Kantar 23 Mar 2020