Small Business Impact
The past few years in South Africa has clearly illustrated the risks faced by SMEs in the country. From business interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic to riots and looting and most recently, the devastating damage caused by flooding and other weather related losses.
No doubt, insurance is the most effective way to mitigate these risks, opening a massive growth opportunity for the insurance industry as a whole, with even direct insurers taking advantage.
Read all about insuring this integral part of our economy in the SME feature in this months edition of COVER.
Happy Reading.
SME’S 2022.
The past few years in South Africa has clearly illustrated the risks faced by SMEs in the country. From business interruption during the COVID19 pandemic, riots, looting, and recently the devastating damage caused by flooding and other weather-related losses.
No doubt, insurance is the most effective way to mitigate these risks, opening a massive growth opportunity for the insurance industry, even direct insurers have taken advantage.
The fact that insuring SMEs requires very specific advice, has led to brokers updating expertise and resources needed to take advantage themselves and direct insurers bringing back relationships with brokers. All these factors will lead to this space seeing the best growth and innovation in our industry over the next few years.
Long live advice!
Financial Planning
- Financial advisors must be the voice of enlightenment Ishani Khoosal-Kala, Head of EB Corporate
- What does the metaverse mean for financial planning? Mzwandile Mtshali, Executive of PPS Advisory Services and Enablement
- Your millennial clients aren’t bulletproof
Petrie Marx, Product Actuary at Sanlam Individual Life - How sequence risk affects retirees
Jean-Pierre Matthews, product head, Matrix Fund Managers - Investing tax-free
Momentum Investments - Hedge fund industry grows assets to R86.93 billion Hayden Reinders, Convenor: Hedge Fund Standing Committee at ASISA
- Your long-term investment journey doesn’t come in a straight line
Sebastian Pillay, Product Portfolio Manager at FNB Wealth and Investments - Bidvest Life: changing the way we do life insurance Lulu Rasebotsa (CEO) at Bidvest Life
- Forum to collaborate on infrastructure development funding launches in SA
Asset Owners Forum South Africa AOFSA
SME Feature
- Insurance solutions for SMEs must include business support
Lana Ross, Chief Operating Officer of Discovery Business Insurance - How the insurance industry can support SMEs Adv. Yanush Singh, National Business Development Manager at Sanlam
- SME owners, don’t bet your passion – insure it!
Francois Potgieter, CEO of Bi-me - Business insurance can help stem widespread SME failure Wilma van der Walt, an executive for customer experience and operations at PPS Short-Term Insurance
- Big priorities for small business
Vikash Maharaj, Key Individual Fairbairn Consult - Why Entrepreneurs need financial advice to mitigate personal and business risk
Nalen Naidoo, Divisional Executive for Liberty’s Retail Solutions. - SA SMEs face biggest risk of fraud losses
Jurgen Hellweg, Chief Executive Officer, Western National Insurance - Why credit loan cover saves small businesses
Motshabi Nomvethe, Head of Technical Marketing at PPS - SMEs: the corner stone of economic restoration in SA Infiniti
Short- Term
- Underwriting – Strategic and Operational Sujeeth Bishoon, Executive chief underwriting officer at Constantia insurance company
- All you need to know about Marine insurance in disruptive times
Estelle Bond, Senior Business Development Manager in the Marine team at Hollard Insure. - Unpacking Products Inefficacy Insurance
Garth Rowe, Aon South Africa’s Principal Claims Officer - Medical Malpractice insurance It’s place in the South African market
Vanessa Rogers and Katherine Graham on behalf of Indwe Risk Services
Technology
- Turning consumer insights into human and business growth
Johan Kleu – Executive Head, Momentum Multiply - Linear journey mapping is dead Brent Haumann, Managing Director, Striata
- 6 Technologies Businesses Are Using To Adaptn market Warren Bonheim, Managing Director of Zinia
- Integration : A specialist area in the insurance ecosystem
Mongezi Khuma, Integration Specialist, JumpCO
Lulu Rasebotsa
Our contributors for April.
Johan Kleu
