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Announcement of Finalists for the 2025 Financial Planner of the Year...

We are delighted to announce the names of the three finalists for the most prestigious competition in the financial planning industry – The 2025 Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa Financial Planner of the Year Award.
Reo Botes, Managing Executive at Essential Employee Benefits

The future of healthcare and medical insurance in South Africa

The healthcare and medical insurance landscape in South Africa is at a turning point. Considering the industry's evolution, the next decade will be defined...
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Can I afford to die? And other questions you need to...

Marnus Mostert, Franchise Principal and Certified Financial Planner CFP® at Consult by Momentum, challenges South Africans to think carefully about the question: Can I afford to die?
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Do you really know your partner for life?

John Kotze, Head of Retail Protection Product Marketing at Old Mutual, highlights the striking similarities between marriage and the contractual commitments of a life insurance policy, particularly in terms of life protection coverage (including death, disability, illness, and funeral benefits).
Vuledzani Dangale, CFP®, MBA Head: Regulatory Implementation and Monitoring, SARLSA, Liberty Group South Africa

Big data: the digital disruptor reshaping the South African insurance sector

Vuledzani Dangale, CFP® at Liberty Group, highlights that leveraging big data has become fundamental to driving transformative strategies in the insurance sector.
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Auto & General has a new look, backed by the promise...

Auto & General Insurance is embarking on a remarkable transformation, reaffirming its unwavering commitment to being there when it matters most
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1Life Insurance roadshow unlocks new opportunities for brokers in a challenging...

South African businesses are navigating unprecedented challenges as the impact of global events and local headwinds such as persistent loadshedding and a weak rand create economic pressures that weigh on consumer spending.
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Latest claims statistics: a reality check for men

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) confirm that women live considerably longer than men, on average.¹ The general consensus is that the combination of men’s lifestyle...
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Capital Legacy’s Brandon Garbutt to Step Down as Chief Operating Officer

Capital Legacy COO, Brandon Garbutt, has announced that he will be leaving Capital Legacy at the end of the year. Brandon made the announcement to...
Blue Chip Journal Issue 76

The July 2020 edition of Blue Chip journal now available

Blue Chip is a quarterly journal for the financial planning industry and is the official publication of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa NPC (FPI), effective from the January 2020 edition.
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