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South Africans Overpaying Healthcare with Limited Competition to Blame: Watchdog

South Africans are paying too much for private healthcare, the country’s antitrust watchdog said on Thursday, adding patients are sometimes prescribed treatments they don’t need by an industry with limited competition. Presenting its findings of a four-year investigation into the …

Insurer Liberty Faces Scrutiny from South Africa Regulator over Cyber Attack

Insurer Liberty Holdings faced questions from South Africa’s Information Regulator on Monday, a day after the company said it had become the victim of a cyber attack. The regulator said it was concerned about the data breach and wanted to …

South Africa Insurer Liberty Refuses to Pay Ransom Demand After Data Breach

Liberty Holdings Ltd., the South African insurer midway through an overhaul to improve profit, said it refused a ransom demand after hackers breached its information-technology infrastructure and accessed some emails. The stock fell the most since April 4. “We did …

FACTBOX-Recent Insurance Deals in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Following are some purchases or expansion plans by South African and European insurers in sub-Saharan Africa announced in the past three months [See article above] Nov 28 – French insurer AXA buys control of Nigeria’s fourth-largest insurer, Mansard Insurance …