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  • Are you considering Carpooling? Check with your insurance company first

    • 12th Aug 2022
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Barnard Briefs, Insurance Law, Latest News
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    The popularity of Car Pooling to work has increased significantly. However, consumers are strongly advised to carefully check the terms of their vehicle insurance to ensure that they don’t receive a nasty surprise when claiming from their insurer.

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  • Life Cover or Funeral Cover – The either-or-both conundrum

    • 6th Jul 2022
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Barnard Briefs, Estate Planning, Insurance Law, Latest News
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    The Pretoria High Court has declared that Section 7(3)(a) of the Divorce Act is inconsistent with the Constitution and invalid to the extent that it results in unfair discrimination in respect of ‘out of community of property’ marriages.

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  • Can a last will override beneficiary nomination?

    • 11th May 2022
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Barnard Briefs, Estate Planning, Fiduciary Services, Insurance Law, Latest News
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    Estate Planning

    Many policy holders are unclear as to the relationship between beneficiary nomination and their last registered will.

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  • Sasria has reclassified farming equipment in terms of insurance cover

    • 5th May 2022
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Agricultural Law, Barnard Briefs, Government Policy, Insurance Law, Latest News
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    SASRIA

    Barnard Inc, on behalf of our agriculture clients, welcomes the decision by the Sasria to review the classification of agricultural vehicles from an insurance cover perspective, thereby lowering tariffs

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  • Insurers’ narrow approach to their own reasonable precautions clause could prove risky

    • 20th Apr 2022
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Barnard Briefs, Insurance Law, Latest News
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    short term insurance clauses

    The recent and increasing reliance by insurers on digital downloads of data from motor vehicles to validate claims is useful in many circumstances, but insurers must be cautious.

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  • All tied up in knots | Santam vs Ma-Afrika Hotels

    • 8th Oct 2021
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Commercial Litigation, COVID-19, Insurance Law, Latest News, Litigation
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    Santam must pay out contingent business interruption claims to Ma-Afrika Hotels and Stellenbosch Kitchen for the full 18-month period covered in their insurance policies, says SCA

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  • Can my business reclaim looted goods from the police?

    • 26th Jul 2021
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Insurance Law, Latest News
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    George Herbst discusses business insurance and recovering of looted items in the wake of recent widespread looting and violence.

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  • Supreme Court ruling will prompt insurers to amend their policies

    • 3rd May 2021
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Latest News
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    A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal, handed down on 13 April 2021, will have a material impact on South Africa’s insurers, requiring them to review their policies.

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