All drivers under the new coding system, with just a “B” code may only drive a car with mass of less than 3500 kg, and may tow a trailer with a mass of no more than 750kg. As caravans normally exceed 750kg, drivers with a “B” code may not tow a caravan behind their vehicles. [...]

While rushing around to finalise all their holiday plans South Africans are warned to consider the quality of their current safety and security system and if it will be good enough to look after their houses while they are away enjoying their blissful holiday.  Santam Insurance wants to make homeowners aware of the fact that [...]

You should understand, be informed and adhere to the security measures, stipulated in the policy when purchasing motor insurance. It is advisable that you keep all the certification to substantiate non-standard security items that have been added to your motor, such as a gear lock, alarm or tracking. Failing to meet the policy demands may [...]

People are feeling the pinch and in the current economic climate more and more people are motivated to commit acts of fraud. And insurance fraud is one of the easier ones Insurance fraud is rife but a lot of it remains undetected and difficult to prove. One of the most common examples of insurance fraud [...]

Underwriting Management Agencies are authorised by the Insurance Company to perform certain underwriting and administrative functions on their behalf. It is important that the insurer manages the relationship with its UMA partners and enforces certain standards of conduct that business partners need to adhere to. The insurer is ultimately responsible for all policies issued by [...]

Two houses were damaged and one gutted by a runaway fire in Gordon’s Bay on Monday night and others are still in danger, after a mountain fire that started in the Overberg District area on Saturday spread to the Streenbras Dam Catchment area. Thousand of hectares of fynbos in the Overberg were destroyed before the [...]

Santam, South Africa’s biggest short-term insurer, announced its intentions to extent into African countries that shows great potential for high returns. The executive head of new and external markets at Santam, Mpumi Tyikwe, said that the insurance company aims to enter the Nigerian and Ghana market in the next 18 months.

Exceptionally hot and dry weather is expected in the Cape Province this summer as the province enters a five-year-phase of windier, drier summers according to weather forecasters. This means that firefighters can anticipate an exceptionally harsh wildfire season in the Western Cape with a large number of runaway blazes. The first major mountain fire hit [...]

Urban centres will face growing risks from heat waves, storms, water shortages and floods as climate change intensifies. Natural disasters that have increased since 1950 are storms, floods and droughts all of which are influenced both in frequency and severity by climate change. The occurrences of other natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes [...]

After the recent launch of the “drugalyser” in Cape Town as a Western Cape Department of Community project, the days when motorists could get away with driving under the influence of drugs in this area have been numbered. The department of community safety has two drugalysers that cost about R25 000 each. These are to [...]