CENTURION, 17 August 2009 – OUTsurance, in partnership with 94.7 Highveld Stereo, once again dedicated themselves to making a difference in the lives of the less fortunate by collecting and distributing blankets and clothes to various charities throughout Gauteng. The 2009 Blanket Drive took off on the 15th of June with the 94.7 Ground Patrol [...]

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Restructuring still faces pitfalls, writes Jim Jones. Just how heavily the dice are loaded against bank assurance group Old Mutual’s pulling itself quickly out of the mess left by its misguided acquisitions and expansions of the past few years became more apparent with this past week’s release of the first quarter’s interim management statement.

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Harnacks Insurance was founded in 1965 by Herman Harnack and is supported by all the major financial organizations. This extreme risk insurance company specialises in offering comprehensive high-risk cover for scooters, motorbikes, quad bikes, watercraft, high value and sport vehicles, helicopters, and aeroplanes.