Archived Media Releases - Life
2008Steady growth for Life Insurers, but at a slower pace as consumers suffer (18 September 2008)
LOA Welcomes New Regulations on Commission and Early Termination Values (9 September 2008)
LOA Tackles Complexity Of Critical Illness Insurance(27 August 2008)
Significant Consumer Protection Measures on the cards for Credit Insurance (21 August 2008)
Life insurers make available telephonic pre-testing HIV counseling service (14 July 2008)
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Life Industry stops R1.3-Billion fraudulent claims over 5 Years (10 July 2008)
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LOA members say yes to new association (30 June 2008)
Consumers To Benefit From Adjusted Funeral Cover Limits (5 June 2008)
Insurance industry welcomes consumer credit insurance report (22 April 2008)
Half-yearly Stats - Consumers spend record R103-billion on life insurance premiums (10 April 2008)
Regulations on commission and early termination values (29 February 2008)
Factual errors in weekend article on Zimele misleading (3 March 2008)
Greater scope for policyholders to diversify offshore (20 February 2008)
LOA study reveals South African life insurance gap of more than R10-trillion (14 February 2008)
FSC approves more life insurance protection measures (7 February 2008)
LOA Shares FAIS Ombud's Credit Insurance Concerns (1 February 2008)
Life industry pledges R10-million for consumer education (11 December 2007)
SA remains world leader with innovative HIV life cover (30 November 2007)
Enquiry into consumer credit insurance practices concludes public hearings (22 October 2007)
Life industry outsmarts fraudsters (10 October 2007)
RA funds back in vogue (4 October 2007)
Public hearings into consumer credit insurance practices set for October (30 August 2007)
Life industry unpacks insurance terminology (16 August 2007)
Life companies to do away with projected maturity values (24 July 2007)
Judge Peet Nienaber to head LOA enquiry into Consumer Credit insurance practices (12 July 2007)
Life Companies enhance values of more than half a million policies (22 June 2007)
Life Industry facilitates National Credit Act debt counsellors for public servant (23 May 2007)
Life insurance companies thwart fraud of R1-Billion (25 April 2007)
Life industry attracts over R50-billion in new business last year (19 April 2007)
Life insurers to waive existing HIV/AIDS exclusions (27 March 2007)
Life Industry Welcomes end of Retirement Fund Levy (21 February 2007)
Greater access to appropriate life products now a reality for low income earners (15 February 2007)
Life industry waives war exclusions for peacekeepers (30 January 2007)
Enhanced RA fund and endowment values a reality as from December (22 November 2006)
LOA announces new Board for 2007 (22 November 2006)
Life industry funds counseling service for public servants struggling with debt (1 November 2006)
Claims fraud down by almost R76-Million (5 October 2006)
Half yearly statistics - life industry shows growth on several fronts (21 September 2006)
Life industry spends first R700 000 on financial literacy for public servants (25 August 2006)
Smoothed bonus funds and their practices explained (9 June 2006)
Life insurers clamp down on claims fraud (6 April 2006)
Life insurers up income and benefit payments in 2005(4 April 2006)
LOA launches financial consumer education for Government employees (22 March 2006)
Life companies get shareholder approval for minimum values (16 March 2006)
Budget- Life Offices' Association comment (15 February 2006)
Financial Sector Charter (FSC) Council approves LOA proposals on Charter access products (10 January 2006)
