Errant insurers reap off unsuspecting tobacco farmers

Errant insurers reap off unsuspecting tobacco farmers

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HARARE, Some Insurance companies are shortchanging tobacco farmers by entering into informal agreements with sales floor workers to sign them up without their consent, Insurance 24 has learnt.

A survey done by insurance 24 shows that over the years a number of tobacco farmers have been paying for insurance services  which they did not

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Hope for pensioners as inquiry report is tabled before Cabinet

Hope for pensioners as inquiry report is tabled before Cabinet

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HARARE, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development will soon table before Cabinet a report that was prepared in a bid to compensate pensioners whose pensions were eroded during the conversion from Zim dollar to US dollars.

In 2015 government set up a commission of inquiry to probe the conversion process used to convert pensions

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Hope for pensioners and as inquiry report is tabled before Cabinet

Hope for pensioners and as inquiry report is tabled before Cabinet

Insurance24

HARARE, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development will soon table before Cabinet a report that was prepared in a bid to compensate pensioners whose pensions were eroded during the conversion from Zim dollar to US dollars.

In 2015 government set up a commission of inquiry to probe the conversion process used to convert

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IPEC projects insurance penetration ratio at 4% in 2018 riding on new socio-political dispensation

IPEC projects insurance penetration ratio at 4% in 2018 riding on new socio-political dispensation

Insurance24 Reporter

HARARE, The Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) is targeting the insurance penetration ratio to at least 4% by end of 2018 from the current 3.6% largely on the back of new socio-political dispensation driven economic growth.

IPEC Commissioner Tendai Karonga told Insurance24 that

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IPEC commends Zim-Selector’s journalists insurance reporting mentoring programme

IPEC commends Zim-Selector’s journalists insurance reporting mentoring programme

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HARARE, The Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) says the insurance sector has for long been ignored an mystified because its a specialised discipline that has not been adequately explained to the public.

At a inaugural graduation ceremony of journalists who undergone the Zimselctor.com insurance reporting

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Insurance sector has potential to revive economy: Expert

Insurance sector has potential to revive economy: Expert

Insurance24 Reporter

HARARE, An insurance expert has said Zimbabwe’s insurance industry has potential to boost low savings appetite as well as local investments, which will counter over reliance on foreign investments.

Zimselector.com, an insurance training institution founder Luke Ngwerume during the institution’s inaugural Insurance Journalist

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NSSA re-consult on National Health Insurance Scheme

NSSA re-consult on National Health Insurance Scheme

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HARARE, The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) says will not be able to meet the first quarter 2018 deadline for the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as a result of need to re-consult stakeholders due to changes brought by the new political dispensation.

Late 2017, Zimbabwe witnessed a political transition

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Zimbabwe’s insurance sector to grow on positive sentiment by new Government, Research

Zimbabwe’s insurance sector to grow on positive sentiment by new Government, Research.

Premiums projected a 4.8% year on year growth in next 5 years.

Insrance24 Reporter

HARARE,  Zimbabwe’s insurance markets will depend heavily on the post-Mugabe regime making good on promises to open up the economy, re-engage meaningfully with creditors and crackdown on corruption but  premium growth is expected

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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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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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