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SAIA welcomes City of Johannesburg’s assembly of 40 new fire enginesPublished: Mon, 19 Aug 19 The South African Insurance Association (SAIA) welcomes the recent announcement made by the City of Johannesburg confirming that an initial order to the value of R216 million for fire engines and other fire emergency vehicles has been placed with its respective supplier.
Viviene Pearson, the ...
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AGCS Africa CEO recognized for exceptional leadershipPublished: Thu, 08 Aug 19 Johannesburg, August 8, 2019: Non-profit organization, the Broad Pool of Ideas (BPI) Foundation recognized Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Africa CEO, Thusang Mahlangu, with the Future Leader Award on August 2, 2019, at their inaugural Iconic Leadership Excellence Awards held at Midrand Conference ...
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WAR (INSURANCE) - WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?Published: Wed, 07 Aug 19 Political rivalries and conflicts are increasingly being played out on the high seas, increasing risks for ship owners and seafarers, as demonstrated by a number of hostile incidents involving vessels in one of the world’s most important shipping channels, the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. Marine hull, ...
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Keep an open mind and an ear to the groundPublished: Tue, 06 Aug 19 The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) continues to shape our conversations and considerations around how we might need to adapt, or what skills will be needed to sustain the workplace of the future. The 4IR brings with it fast-paced change and a digital shift unlike any other. The introduction of Financial Technology ...
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Introducing the future of insurance: Mobile, Chatbots and AIPublished: Mon, 05 Aug 19 The African continent and the mobile platform are a match made in heaven – both are escalating growth areas, ripe with potential. Digital adoption is slowly growing throughout Africa and this presents insurers with exciting new opportunities for business development. Smart phones not only offer Africans new ...
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Natsure Online Short Term Insurance Training Portal is Officially Live!Published: Wed, 31 Jul 19 In a fast paced, tech driven world finding the time during working hours to earn CPD points can be challenging for intermediaries. Natsure has created a solution! An online training portal, focusing on niche short term insurance. The training portal provides courses that you can access anytime and ...
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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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What thinking about spending can teach us about savingPublished: Thu, 25 Jul 19 By Nirdev Desai, Head of Sales at PSG Wealth
In our modern economy, money is a means to survival. You need to provide for your basic needs – a roof over your head, food on your table, transport, clothing and so on. We buy more than we need and spend on things, not because we need them, but because we like ...
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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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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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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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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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