COVER Magazine

Darren Isaacs - CEO and Founder of Makosi expands on the changing advisory space and how Fintech includes so much more than what we think.

The future of the broker in light of current socio-political and economic challenges

Dan Hugo, CEO, PSG Distribution shares his thoughts on the future of the broker in light of current socio-political and economic challenges we face.

Buy versus Build, the question always pops up when tech development is discussed. How do you make that decision?

Leo Holesgrove, Guidewire's Southern Africa representative shares his approach to find the best approach.

Global Investments Themes and Opportunities

Tony chats to Fabiana Fedeli · Chief Investment Officer, Equities and Multi Asset at M&G Investments 

Richard Carter, Head of Assurance at Allan Grey

The two-pot retirement system will be compulsory for all retirement funds to split contributions received between two notional portions – one-third will be allocated to a “savings portion” that will allow early access to funds, while the remaining two-thirds will be allocated to a “retirement portion”. At retirement, whatever is left in the savings portion will be available as a cash lump sum. The retirement portion will have to be used to purchase an annuity.
However, as the saying goes, "the devil is in the detail" and there is the catch, not all the details are available yet. We caught up with Richard Carter, head of assurance at Allan Gray to find out, in terms of detail, what he thinks are important for us to get clarity on.

Dane Richards, CEO of JMR Software

Techfest & Client communication 
COVER’s Editor-in-chief, Tony van Niekerk has a conversation with Dane Richards, JMR CEO.  
Tony & Dane talk TechFest, and client communication as a competitive advantage. They discuss technology trends that are garnering interest and gaining traction: from the noticeable drive towards personalisation as a differentiator through to streamlining processes with AI and automation, as well as cloud migration. 
Dane astutely points out that accurately defining use cases for emerging tech is essential and he shares why JMR chose to get involved in TechFest 2023,  with industry colleague engagement and contributing to the industry with knowledge sharing cited as two reasons.  
Register for free for TechFest 2023 here. 
If you would like to find out more about JMR, visit their website by clicking here. 

Lizo Mnguni, spokesperson for Old Mutual Insure

Thokozile Mahlangu, CEO of IISA

Tony van Niekerk, editor-in-chief, catches up with Thokozile Mahlangu, CEO of the IISA.  They discuss the upcoming AIE conference, now in its 49th year.
The conversation shares some behind the scenes of how the IISA go about creating the conference theme to ensure that the sessions remain fresh, different, and appealing to delegates. The 2023 theme is ' Collaborate. Cultivate. Create' with a balanced content focus across industry segments.
Delegates can look forward to a keynote by Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, along with constructive sessions that look at the reinsurance market, mental health, human capital, opportunities in the risk landscape, as well as emerging trends in K&R, and the impact of digital on our overall health. 
Listen to the podcast for more insights, and be sure to register for the AIE conference: https://www.iisa.co.za/aie2023/speakers-topics
#Insurance #AIE2023 #KnowledgeShared

Into Africa with Price Forbes, COVER, and the IIWC

COVER talks to Price Forbes CEO, Andre Brooks about their commitment to the Africa COVERed initiative that COVER and the IIWC will embark on later this year. 
 
Price Forbes have come onboard as a Gold sponsor.
 

Darren Burns, executive head at Cogence.