POLITICS

Mohadi banished from funeral wake

SENATOR Tambudzani Mohadi was last week banished from a funeral wake of a cousin of Vice-President Kembo Mohadi a few minutes before the VP arrived, as the couple's relationship continues to deteriora...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 November 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zimpost launches funeral cash plan

Postal services provider Zimpost has partnered First Mutual Life (FML) Assurance to launch funeral assurance - PostLife Funeral Cash Plan.The product is underwritten by FML.The partnership, signed on ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

POLITICS

Mohadi, Choeni rivalry boils over at funeral

THE political enmity between Zanu PF Matabeleland South provincial chairperson Rabelani Choeni and Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's estranged wife, Tambudzani, rose to new levels at the weekend with Choe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Lifeline for funeral assurance firms

The Insurance and Pension Commission has thrown a lifeline to funeral assurance firms failing to meet the $2,5 million minimum capital requirements by allowing struggling entities to comply with the r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Doves drives funeral assurers' net premium

Zimbabwe's funeral assurers' net premium written for the quarter to September 30, 2017 rose by 11 percent to $125,36 million, according to the latest quarterly report by the Insurance and Pensions Com...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 March 2018

POLITICS

Police probes funeral day attack on Khupe

POLICE Commissioner General Godwin Matanga says police were investigating Tuesday's attack on MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khuphe by party followers angered by her resistance to co-VP Nelson Chamisa...

By staff reporter | Published: 25 February 2018

POLITICS

'Zanu PF to use Tsvangirai's funeral to lure voters'

ZANU PF Manicaland chairman Mike Madiro has urged party members to take advantage of MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's death to woo supporters ahead of the upcoming elections.Madiro made the remarks y...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 February 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

First Mutual eyes funeral business

FIRST Mutual Holdings Limited (FMHL) is on the verge of setting up a fully-fledged funeral company, as the group seeks to diversify its business.The funeral unit, to be named First Mutual Funeral Serv...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 December 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zimnat, FSG in joint funeral services project

ONE of the country's leading life assurance and short-term insurance player, Zimnat through its joint venture (JV) with Botswana's leading funeral services provider, FSG Limited has invested over $5 ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

9 funeral assurers undercapitalised

LESS than half of the funeral assurance companies had minimum capital below the required threshold of $1,5 million as of end of June 2017, a new report has shown."As at 30 June 2017, four funeral assu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 October 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Demand for funeral assurance high

The funeral assurance industry saw its gross written premiums jump 13 percent to $80.3 million in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year as demand for its services remain high, t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Funeral companies target property development

THE funeral assurance industry is targeting to venture into property development as the sector seeks to diversify its fortunes. This comes after several financial institutions and insurance firms have...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Funeral assurance industry net profit up 56%

The funeral assurance sector registered a 56 percent growth in net profit to $2,54 million for the year ended March 2016 as claims dropped, the industry regulator said on Monday.Insurance and Pensions...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

IPEC focuses on funeral assurance companies

The Insurance and Pension Commission has come up with a micro-insurance framework which provides for less stringent registration requirements as the commission works on reducing unregistered funeral a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 July 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Champion Insurance partners Doves Funeral

CHAMPIONS Insurance will, in partnership with Doves Funeral Assurance, offer funeral cover as an extension of its comprehensive insurance cover.Champions Insurance marketing executive Tapiwa Kahiya sa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 January 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Funeral companies gross premiums up by 46%

Funeral companies in Zimbabwe wrote gross premiums amounting to $24 million in the third quarter of the year, a 46 percent growth from figures reported in same period last year, according to figures ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 December 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

New body for funeral companies formed

The Zimbabwe Association of Funeral Assurers has a new affiliate organisation, the Funeral Services Association of Zimbabwe, which is a member based voluntary grouping of all funeral services companie...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 September 2013
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