Short-term insurers performance improves
Zimbabwe’s short-term insurers saw a 141 percent jump in total Gross Premium Written (GPW) to $347,31 million for the half year to June 2019, from $144,18 million in the prior… Read more »
Category: Insurance
IDBZ seeks medical partners
The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ,) has invited private investors to partner in the development of three medical facilities as part of efforts to participate in the improvement of… Read more »
PSMAS Hikes Subscriptions By 80 Per Cent
Premier Medical Aid Society’s (PSMAS) has been given the go-ahead to increase its tariffs by 80 per cent. This was revealed by Health Services Board (HSB) Executive Director, Ruth Kaseke… Read more »
Insurance, pensions players to consider prescribed assets
Zimbabwe’s insurance and pensions industry want a broad re-consideration of the requirements in investing in prescribed assets in view of emerging risks from recent currency reforms and an inflationary operating… Read more »
Equities market drags down Life Assurers
Underperformance of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in line with economic performance has had a negative effect on Life Assurers that are heavily invested on the local bourse. Official figures… Read more »
Lawyers help NSSA implement audit
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has commissioned a team of legal experts in various areas to look into potential acts of impropriety in four key areas identified by a… Read more »
Pensions industry angles to preserve value
The pensions industry must consider diverse investment alternatives to preserve the value of pension funds in the face of increasing inflationary pressures and the negative impact of policy interventions by… Read more »
Zimbos in SA to get health insurance
Zimbabweans and other foreign nationals living and working legally here will be taken care of under the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI), South Africa’s Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize,… Read more »
Agric insurance necessary for farmers
There is a general belief that farmers may not purchase insurance policies because they are not convinced the insurer will actually pay them if their crops fail. Why are farmers… Read more »
Health workers get 50pc cushion
Health workers have been awarded 50 percent of their pensionable salaries as a cushioning allowance starting this month following the erosion of incomes by a wave of price increases. The… Read more »