Insurers will find any reason to decline a claim. Many consumers believe that, and it’s certainly true that insurers have been found to have rejected claims without the necessary justification last year 29% of complaints lodged against insurers by their clients were resolved by the Ombudsman of Short-Term Insurance either totally or partly in the consumers’ favour.
After months of negotiations through the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), workers affiliated to the South African Catering, Commercial and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) are expected to picket at Makro stores countrywide.