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Millennials and the coming war for talentPublished: Wed, 31 Jul 19 At the stroke of midnight 2018, the last-born millennial turned 18. As more and more of this coming generation complete formal education and take up jobs, they are dramatically changing the nature of the modern workforce. By as early as 2025, as much as 75% of the global workforce could be millennials and they will ...
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Introducing Our New Website!Published: Mon, 29 Jul 19 The Insurance Gateway® team is excited to share our new website with you. Given our strategic objectives for 2019 and the fact that our last website redesign was over five years ago, we decided on a much anticipated mid-year launch. za was founded in 2005 by the late Michael Stoker as an insurance and financial ...
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Insurers evolving with the digital worldPublished: Mon, 29 Jul 19 The digital revolution promises to change the face of insurance as we know it and as digital disruption creates a new world of opportunities, insurers are ready and awaiting. We are in the Information Age, the synergy between technology and our everyday lives has become so entangled that we must accept we can no longer ...
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Natmed releases the Second Edition of its Medical Defence ReviewPublished: Mon, 22 Jul 19 Natmed is proud to announce the release of the Second Edition of Natmed’s Medical Defence Review. This unique publication contains a review of case law and other developments in the medical malpractice industry and is an essential tool in keeping healthcare practitioners and healthcare facility operators ...
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The consequences of missing your CPDsPublished: Mon, 22 Jul 19 The extended deadline (to 31 July 2019) to earn required Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours is around the corner. For those in financial services who are behind in earning theirs, it is best to act fast. The previous deadline of 31 May arrived sooner than anticipated, revealing how many in the industry ...
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Renewable energy market trendsPublished: Fri, 19 Jul 19 Renewable energy, which includes technologies such as solar photovoltaic (PV), wind and geothermal power, is still an emerging industry. In 2017, almost 20% of global energy consumption was renewable; this is expected to increase to 25% by 2035 and 34% by 2050. Government subsidies, which have fed the boom, ...
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Minors, blood tranfusions and the courtPublished: Wed, 17 Jul 19 The media recently reported on the case of Durban boy whose life was saved after his paediatrician went to court, on an urgent basis, to approve life-saving blood transfusions for him. The boy suffers from sickle cell anemia. The court made an interim order allowing the boy to receive blood transfusions, when necessary ...
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Understanding non-disclosurePublished: Wed, 17 Jul 19 It is sometimes, incorrectly, thought that mere non-disclosure by an insured of any fact/s entitles the insurer to avoid the insurance policy. This is not so. The non-disclosure, or if it is a positive false disclosure, the misrepresentation, must be wrongful. It is not sufficient that it is simply false or misleads ...
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The Imminent Reality of Cyberattacks for BusinessPublished: Tue, 16 Jul 19 No longer an if, but when a business will experience a cyber attack
Participants in Aon's 2019 Global Risk Management Survey ranked cyberattacks and data breaches as #6 in the top 10 risks facing organisations today. The risk entered the Top 10 list for the first time (at #9) in 2015 and is projected to go ...
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Risk management for the healthcare industry: the importance of checklistsPublished: Tue, 16 Jul 19 Surgery is becoming ever more sophisticated and complex, and the rise of the super-specialist surgeon complements a modern world in which what we know about the human body is constantly evolving and improving, says Aneesa Bodiat, head of Legal at Natmed Medical Defence. But the success of surgery is never guaranteed, ...
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Solving the retirement savings challengePublished: Mon, 15 Jul 19 Lessons from around the world
Around the world, workers are being compelled to take more responsibility for their retirement savings as many employers move from traditional Defined Benefit (DB) plans to Defined Contribution (DC) plans.
According to London-based Kevin Wesbroom, senior partner, ...
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The NHI, funding healthcare and medico-legal claimsPublished: Thu, 11 Jul 19 With the publication of the National Health Insurance Bill, proposed amendments to the Medical Schemes Act, and the anticipation of amendments to another 12 or so pieces of legislation needed to implement National Health Insurance, a review of the funding of medico-legal claims would also be useful.
National ...
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Financial services compliance: Are you on track?Published: Mon, 08 Jul 19 Richard Rattue, Managing Director, Compli-Serve SA
The middle of another year has firmly arrived and it’s a good opportunity to do a mid-year compliance check-up, to avoid any mishaps before they happen.
The FSCA’s current overhaul of regulation for financial services reminds us ...
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Managing the medical malpractice litigation crushPublished: Mon, 08 Jul 19 Readers will have read of the enormous pressure placed on both the public and private healthcare sectors by an ever-increasing number of medical malpractice claims and quantum of awards or settlements of those claims. The contingent liability of the Provincial Health Departments for medical malpractice claims is astounding, ...
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