COVER Magazine

Building a world class business, #whyCIB?

Traditionally, UMAs are specialists in one area. However CIB seem to have broken the mould by doing business across broad lines, a couple of specialist lines as well as general lines.
We caught up with Jon-Jon Smit, Executive Head Sales and Marketing at CIB and take a look back at the amazing history of CIB. From broker to administrator to one of the largest underwriting managers in the country.

Wimpie vd Merwe - The art of partnering

Irene Abrahams

David Chow

David Chow, IIWC President shares highlights from the IIWC journey through lockdown and their strategy to add value to their members and the industry over the next 12 months.

Nick Elston Lived Experience of Mental Health

Inspirational Speaker | Unique Mental Health Engagement speaking on the topic: " Lived Experience of Mental Health

Underwriting C&E Risk digitally to enable brokers

Tony Van Niekerk spoke to Mark Barrow, National Marketing Manager: Mirabilis. Mark tells Tony about the newly launched Mirabilis Online platform, and shares some insight around the last 18 months and how Mirabilis managed to weather the storm.

Modernising or replatforming

A big question nowadays, with technology being such a major driver of our industry, is whether you put the big bucks in and build a new system, or whether you just modernise what you’ve got. Gary Tessendorf, Regional Director at Sapiens Sub Saharan Africa answers this question, and more in an interview with Tony Van Niekerk.

René Schoenauer, Director EMEA Product Marketing | Insurtech conference interview

The art of integration

Beyond tangible property

COVER chatted with Kobus van Niekerk, senior underwriter at Consort Technical underwriting to get an overview of Consort Technical Underwriters and to find out where it fits into the Short Term environment.
Engineering and construction insurance is very much a specialist insurance product which Consort has a strong focus on. Kobus fills us in on this specialised field and tells us about the future opportunities regarding renewable energy and the challenges.
 
CONSORT TECHNICAL UNDERWRITING MANAGERS (PTY) LTD (REG NO 1999/003909/07) IS AN AUTHORISED FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDER (FSP NO 2273), IS FAIS COMPLAINT AND IS UNDERWRITTEN BY LOMBARD INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, AN AUTHORISED FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDER (FSP 1596) AND INSURER CONDUCTING NON-LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS.