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Broker advice rise up as existential threat looms - tinyurl.com/8rfuby3v The slow and winding road to South Africa’s National Health Insurance (NHI) Act implementation, and the constitutional challenges against the legislation, has dominated headlines of late, leaving the country’s medical schemes sector somewhat under reported. In case you missed the story, medical schemes face an existential threat because of how the NHI Act determines the health benefits they may offer.

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly finding themselves at the crossroads of various converging risks that threaten their resilience and preparedness. Economic uncertainties, extreme weather events, rising crime rates, and an increase in cyber threats present a complex risk environment that many SMEs are ill-equipped to handle. FAnews spoke to Vanessa Thurlwell, Technical Risk Manager at the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA), to explore how these interconnected threats impact SMEs, the strategies they can employ for effective risk management, and the critical role that insurance and industry support play in helping businesses navigate this intricate landscape - tinyurl.com/5e64sw4t @IRMSAInsight

New age of underwriting - tinyurl.com/bdea27zd As the insurance industry rapidly evolves, the integration of AI and data analytics is reshaping the underwriting landscape. The rise of data-powered underwriting offers significant opportunities to streamline routine tasks, enhance accuracy, and allow underwriters to focus on more complex cases. However, this transformation also highlights a critical skills gap within the underwriting workforce.

How asset managers can guard against the impact of the 3 Ps in the current global system tinyurl.com/266b2xr5

Small businesses gain great exposure through Standard Bank’s multi-million Rand radio campaign tinyurl.com/54f49m6c @StandardBankZA

A death benefit nomination form is only a guide, rules PFA - tinyurl.com/4nm6ccwr

CIS investors feel the pinch as SA economy falters tinyurl.com/y53846xp Economic growth and business and household confidence are closely correlated with investment flows to and from South Africa’s collective investment schemes (CIS) industry. All else being equal periods of lacklustre economic growth and negative investor sentiment coincide with fund outflows whereas buoyant growth and rising confidence leads to funds pouring in.

Employee Wellness: The Missing Link in South Africa’s Economic Recovery tinyurl.com/4hdnucus