Webinar
Evolving Cyber Risks Webinar
This webinar formed part of a three-part webinar series where we shared our expertise on insurance options for health professionals and entrepreneurs in South Africa.
Webinar
Professional Indemnity Insurance in the Healthcare Sector
This webinar formed part of a three-part webinar series where we shared our expertise on insurance options for health professionals and entrepreneurs in South Africa.
Webinar
Medical Malpractice Insurance in the Healthcare Sector
This webinar formed part of a three-part webinar series where we shared our expertise on insurance options for health professionals and entrepreneurs in South Africa.
Managing Emerging Risks
It's business, not personal
Drawing the line between business and personal insurance for healthcare professionals. For many healthcare professionals, there is often a blurring of lines between personal and business roles and this can even extend into insurance planning.
Managing Emerging Risks
Every business decision maker should have Directors' & Officers' Insurance
Many owners and managers of small or private businesses believe that directors and officers (D&O) insurance is only for publicly traded or listed companies.
Healthcare & Employee Benefits
Financially navigating a critical illness
Few people consider the far-reaching implications of a health crisis on every facet of their lifestyle. The devastating effect of a serious health crisis such as cancer, a stroke or heart attack, COVID-19 or even an accident typically extends far beyond the physical consequences of such an event, with significant implications for your financial and emotional wellbeing too, and even your ability to work and earn an income.
Managing Emerging Risks
Liability Claims – When to Notify?
In situations of liability, it is better to be safe than sorry. Capture all circumstances in respect of which you have an awareness of the possibility, however remote, that a claim might arise, and notify your insurer or broker in writing as quickly as possible.
Business Insurance
The Importance of Professional Indemnity Insurance and Keeping Your Cover Current
No professional relishes the thought of making a mistake or being accused of being negligent in the execution of their professional duties. In fact, you may not even have made a mistake for a claim of negligence to be brought against you. However, you’ll still need to defend any such claims to resolution, which can be a costly affair, both in time and financially.
Keys to Managing COVID-19
Construction sector is critical to SA’s post-COVID economic recovery
Traditionally, the development of risk management plans is tailored to address assessed and quantified risks. There is however always the ‘the unknown factor’. Enter the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, we have faced localised pandemics before, but never one on such a globally synchronous scale, thanks to global travel and trade. It propelled the entire world into unchartered territory as mass economic and travel lockdowns were implemented, and contingency plans were hurriedly rolled out.
Managing Emerging Risks
Avoiding the financial ramifications of not having sufficient cover for a claim
Many businesses are faced with an increasingly volatile political and socio-economic climate. Not only are businesses having to manage a whirlwind of change and disruption in their business models, such as technology, changing consumer behaviour, socio-demographic shifts, climate change and the pandemic, but they’re also being confronted by a heavily constrained economy and rising inflation.
Managing Emerging Risks
Economic Slowdown or Slow Recovery a Top Threat in SSA
In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic cut a deadly swathe across the world, only 27 countries in the world experienced economic growth. Global economic growth dropped from an annual rate of –3.4 percent to –7.6 percent.
Business Insurance
Machinery Breakdown – Is your business covered?
If your business relies on high-value or specialist machinery in its daily operations and service/product delivery, the breakdown of such machinery can incur significant losses - not only from a repair or replacement perspective, but also in terms of business interruption losses and reputational damage incurred during down time.
Managing Emerging Risks
Guard against under-insurance
Having a solid understanding of the implications of underinsurance is crucial at a time when many South Africans are financially strained and looking for ways to save on household costs.
Managing Emerging Risks
Cyber attackers hone in on South African businesses
Ransomware industry flourishes in SA while business are largely unprepared for the business interruption and financial fallout of a breach.
Business Insurance
Cyber Criminals Target Intellectual Property
Theft, misappropriation or infringement of intellectual property (IP) – assets that lack physical substance such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, data rights and trade secrets – poses a significant and growing risk to organisations.
People & Organisations
ESG catches up with financials in due diligence, says Aon
Aon, a leading global professional services firm, launched a report into value creation and risk in M&A, providing clear strategies for buy- and sell-side dealmakers to follow in light of the complex nature of M&A today.
Rising Health & Retirement Costs
Why You Need Gap Cover
Without supplementary cover, members potentially face large shortfalls between their medical scheme benefits and the actual costs incurred for surgery or other in-hospital treatment.