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Old Mutual offers Free Funeral Cover this Festive Season

Old Mutual offers Free Funeral Cover this Festive Season

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HARARE, Old Mutual Zimbabwe is offering free Funeral cover this Festive Season in a promotion running until 31 January 2018 for which the Funeral Plan has immediate cover for accidental death and three month waiting period for natural deaths.

Terms of the plan are that individuals or Groups that take up the Old Mutual Funeral Plan

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AfrAsia Bank Zimbabwe Limited in liquidation pays $2.95 mln to insured preferred creditors

AfrAsia Bank Zimbabwe Limited in liquidation pays $2.95 mln to insured preferred creditors

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HARARE, Defunct AfrAsia Bank Zimbabwe Limited has to date paid its preferred creditors $2.95 mln through two interim dividend payments and anticipate a third dividend payment during Q1 2018.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe cancelled AfrAsia Bank Zimbabwe Limited (formerly Kingdom Bank)’s licence in

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Sanlam posts solid performance in ten months to October 2017

Sanlam posts solid performance in ten months to October 2017

The Sanlam Group announced a solid operational performance for the 10 months to 31 October2016, with total new business volumes of R195 billion, up 11 per cent on the first 10 months of the 2015 financial year.

Sanlam Personal Finance achieved 3 per cent growth in new business sales, with pressure on discretionary single premium savings

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2018 Budget roundup: Chinamasa underscores political will for new economic order

2018 Budget roundup: Chinamasa underscores political will for new economic order

Key highlights

  • GDP growth above4.5 percent in 2018 premised on a new way forward with economic and investment recovery measures towards a ‘new economic order’.
  • Tax revenue $4.3 billion
  • Overall revenues for the public of US$5.533 billion.
  • Expenditure framework of $5.743 billion, inclusive of retention funds.
  • Current expenditure $4.5 billion
  • Capital expenditure $1.2 billion
  • Fiscal deficit of $672 billion
  • Elections will be supported to the tune of $132.2 million
  • Reduction of the share of employment costs to 70 percent 2018 

HARARE- The 2018 national budget presented by Finance and Economic Planning Minister Patrick Chinamasa Thursday afternoon has underscored the importance of political will to ensure that the country’s economy moves

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Old Mutual Zimbabwe invests in solar power projects

Old Mutual Zimbabwe invests in solar power projects

HARARE, Old Mutual intends to construct solar power projects with capacity to generate at least 50 megawatts. The projects will entail the construction of two solar power plants in Gwanda and Chipinge,

Old Mutual chief investment officer (Alternative investments) Benjamin Sithole said yesterday.

He said some solar panels will be laid on the rooftops

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IPEC okays liquidation of Lancashire Steel Pension Fund

IPEC okays liquidation of Lancashire Steel Pension Fund

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HARARE, Regulator, the Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) has approved the liquidation of the Lancashire Steel Pension Fund. This is in terms of Section 10 (1) (a) of the Pension and Provident Fund Act (Chapter 24.09) and Section 10.2 of the Rules of the Lancashire Steel Pension Fund as at 31 August 2016.

The steel company folded

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FMHL receives regulatory approval for NicozDiamond acquisition

FMHL receives regulatory approval for NicozDiamond acquisition

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HARARE, First Mutual Holdings (fmhl) says has received regulatory approval for the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of NicozDiamond Insurance, and subsequently the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has transferred to FMHL 50.89% of the entire issued shares of NDIL.

In an update on transaction to acquire

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DPC tenders for insurance services

Deposit Protection corporation invites insurance companies for the provision on services

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Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) invites bound and sealed bids from reputable and well established insurance companies (no brokers) for the provision of insurance services. 

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13TH check for Pensioners as NSSA profitability soar in excess of $100 mln

13TH check for Pensioners as NSSA profitability soar in excess of $100 mln

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Harare, The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) anticipates profitability in excess of $100 million in 2017 thus has approved a bonus payment equivalent to a 13th cheque to all pensioners with their December 2017 pension.

“NSSA’s performance has continued to improve with actual management accounts to 31

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