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Hosting the Insuretalk events
The mentalist who grew his business during lockdown
Are they Ambassadors or Leaders?
Interview with Caroline da Silva (FSCA) on The Insurance Apprentice 2020 (May 2020)
Is a different form of lockdown possible in SA (April 2020)
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Hosting the Insuretalk events
I have the privilege of hosting the CN&CO Insuretalk series each month. Here's a snippet from episode 5. -
The mentalist who grew his business during lockdown
I had a great chat to South Africa's top mentalist (mind reading superman), Larry Soffer. Like many stage performers he was faced with a very frightening reality during lockdown. No events, meant no work and that literally turned into a matter of survival. In this podcast he shares how he managed to turn it around in cyber space (and he gives us a quick demo of his incredible abilities) -
Are they Ambassadors or Leaders?
Journo Gareth Stokes had some strong feelings about a lack of leadership in the recent iteration of The Insurance Apprentice. This raises the question, are we looking for leaders or ambassadors, or both? And what is the difference anyway? -
Interview with Caroline da Silva (FSCA) on The Insurance Apprentice 2020 (May 2020)
I interviewed Caroline at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority to chat about the risk of debarment for key individuals of FSP's who pay unjustified outsource fees, how the regulator is dealing with COVID-19 and assisting SME brokers generally during this time. Caroline is Deputy Executive Officer Regulatory Policy at the FSCA -
Is a different form of lockdown possible in SA (April 2020)
Whilst we can’t confirm that the lockdown will be extended here, the trend in other countries is a pretty good indication that we’ll be facing more time at home. We are geared up for that already in most of the financial services sector (where working from home is possible) but I believe we should shift our focus to what must come next, when the wheels of the economy have to start turning again. Here are the articles and videos referenced in the video.