Cyber security insurance the missing link

In the age where knowledge and information is currency, where organisations will soon be subject to regulations such as the Protection of Private Information Act in South Africa, General Data Protection Regulation in Europe. Where organisations are collecting huge...

Cloud to expand African insurance

With many insurers looking at business expansion into Africa, the opportunity exists to embrace cloud-based solutions more fully to deliver solutions for these new markets. Patrick Ashton, managing executive of Cirrus, a subsidiary of the SilverBridge Group, examines...

Digital solutions key in business-to-business credit

Business-to-business transactions are becoming increasingly competitive and digitalisation is placing greater pressure on businesses to grant credit effectively and quickly to remain ahead of the competition, writes Keith Wardell, commercial strategy drector of...

Improving BI in insurance

Despite advances in business intelligence (BI), insurers are finding it difficult to reconcile numerous data repositories and gain a unified view of the customer. Kelly Preston, data analytics manager at SilverBridge, discusses how the BI approach can be improved on...

Marketplace model gives insurers opportunities

With consumers expecting their service providers to deliver more tailored products providing better experiences at more cost-effective rates, insurers are under pressure to adapt their business models to ones better suited to this new environment. Given its mainstream...

A fintech entrepreneur’s guide to regulation

Fintech is one of the fastest growing industries in the world with global investment in the sector tripling from $928-million in 2008 to $2,97-billion today. Experts forecast further growth of up to $8-billion by 2018. Local White Label Crowdfunding (WLCF) believes...