When a person is diagnosed with diabetes their whole lifestyle needs to be changed, from diet and exercise to prescribed drugs and maybe even insulin. Add to this the difficulty a diabetic person face when he or she wants to get life insurance, whether it is needed for a home or business loan, or to [...]

A One Card Claim Solution has been launched in South Africa by Accor Services, which will allow insurance companies to offer a stress-free claims process to their costumers. The One Card Claim Solution is linked to a custom-made redemption and merchant network.   Accor Services is a leader in providing prepaid incentive and reward services [...]

The new chief executive of Old Mutual, Julian Roberts recently said that the current financial predicament holds no real threat for the Old Mutual group, because of its sturdy capital base even with the subprime crisis connected to it via its US life business.   The new boss of Old Mutual can only describe his [...]

Russel Harte, the chief Financial Officer of the Liberty Group, explained what route the company will follow that will enable it to cut costs and to make it through the hard economic times South Africa is currently faced with, without having a negative influence on the company’s vision to expand.  During the USB 11th Annual Financial [...]

While sub-prime losses and collapses force write offs at the major banks of the world, Sanlam is managing to keep its head well above the water, all due to its diversification. Johan van Zyl, Group CEO of Sanlam, recently addressed a UCT Graduate School of Business on the topic “Diversification and Convergence in the Financial [...]