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A number of unexpected factors are shaping group risk insurance in our post-pandemic world – heightened awareness of what they’re getting amongst employees, flexible benefits structures and an entirely new definition of what it means to be ‘at work.’Join Big Business Insights podcast host Blessing Utete and Old Mutual’s Group Assurance Business Executive, Mariaan de Jongh, as they discuss these trends, how they are changing group benefits products and choices, and importantly, how it could in...

Many South African employees, across industries and income bands, are struggling financially. But just how much, and from an employer’s perspective, how much does it affect their work?In this episode of Big Business Insights, host Blessing Utete is joined by Dr. Frank Magwegwe to discuss the important subject of employee financial wellness. Dr Magwegwe, popularly knowns as Dr Mags, is a personal finance and employee financial wellness expert, a financial planning researcher, life planner, edu...

The four-day workweek has been a topic of discussion across the globe since the Covid-19 pandemic changed the way many businesses approached their way of working. This year, a number of companies in South Africa adopted the shorter week as a pilot project and reward-management experts at Remchannel did a countrywide survey among corporate employers to get insights into their thinking around a 32-hour workweek.Listen to this Big Business Insights podcast hosted by Blessing Utete, host and Mana...

The proposed Two-Pot Retirement System could be implemented as soon as March 2024. Yet a lot of questions remain about how exactly the new system will work, how to prepare for it, and what it will mean for funds and their members.In this episode of our Big Business Insights podcast series, host and Managing Executive at Old Mutual Corporate Consultants Blessing Utete asks our Retirement Reform Executive Michelle Acton – who’s been closely involved with Treasury in the consultation process aro...

Big Business InsightsEveryone at the helm of a business, whether a large corporate or a small or medium-sized enterprise, wants to take the right decisions for their businesses to grow and their people to thrive. Join Old Mutual Corporate’s Malusi Ndlovu as he talks to different experts to answer some of the questions you may have and help you to take informed decisions.S1 EP5: What to consider when moving staff from one group pension fund to anotherWhen an employer decides to move their enti...

Big Business InsightsEveryone at the helm of a business, whether a large corporate or a small or medium-sized enterprise, wants to take the right decisions for their businesses to grow and their people to thrive. Join Old Mutual Corporate’s Malusi Ndlovu as he talks to different experts to answer some of the questions you may have and help you to take informed decisions.S1 EP4: The Great Resignation’s impact on South African employers and HR managersThe Great Resignation has been worrying HR ...