PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Please select an appropriate paper / presentation from the list below:
- "Reasonableness and the Ombudsman’s Claims Assessment" an address delivered by the Ombudsman, Judge P M Nienaber, at the Swissre Claims Forum at the Grand West Casino on 27 May 2004.
- "The Discontented Policyholder" an address delivered by the Ombudsman, Judge P M Nienaber, at the LOA Convention at the Arabella on 26 August 2004.
- Disability Workshop: 29 October 2004.
E G de Beer : Interpretation of Disability Benefit Provisions; S Myrdal : Interpretation of “New Generation” Contracts: a case study; D McKay : Lump sum Disability – A Questionable Product; A Slabbert : Non-disclosure and Some Related Problems; J Preiss : The Defence of Late Submission of Disability Claims : some case studies. - "Some Problems Involving Security Cessions of Life Insurance Policies" by P M Nienaber, published in (2004) 16 SA Mercantile Law Journal 83.
- "Insurable Interest" by Prof. M F B Reinecke.
- "Rescission, Disability and the Refund of Premiums" by Prof. M F B Reinecke.
- "Misselling : a Working Model" by the Ombudsman, Judge P M Nienaber, published in the FSB Bulletin, 2nd Quarter 2005.
- 3 Contributions on Disability, published in FA News, August 2005
P M Nienaber : "Disability cases are not for amateurs" p34; S Myrdal : "Interpretation of new generation contracts – a case study" p44; A Slabbert : "Non-disclosure and some related problems" p47. - "Imputation of an Insurer’s Knowledge to an Insurer", by Prof. M F B Reinecke.
- "Misrepresentation and Misselling" the main points of an address by the Deputy Ombudsman, Jennifer Preiss, to the ABSA Financial Planning Convention, 1 September 2005.
- "Confidentiality" a summary of the main points of an address delivered by the Ombudsman, Judge P M Nienaber, at the International Conference of Financial Ombudsmen held at Toronto, Canada, 19-21 September 2005.
- "An industry under siege" an address delivered by the Ombudsman, Judge P M Nienaber, in opening the LOA’s Annual General Meeting : 18 November 2005.
- "Funeral Insurance : A Perception from the Office of the Ombudsman for Long-term Insurance", by P M Nienaber and J Preiss, published in (2006) 18 SA Mercantile Law Journal 291.
- "The Lapsing of Policies", by the Ombudsman, Judge P M Nienaber, published in the May 2006 54-55 and June 2006 34-36 issues of Cover Magazine.
- "The 'Vice' in Advice" the main points of an address by the Ombudsman, Judge P M Nienaber, to the Absa Private Bank : Wealth Management Convention on 7 August 2006.
- "Fraud and Fraudulent Non-Disclosure and more General Non-Disclosure Issues" a summary of the main points made by the Ombudsman, Judge Nienaber, during a panel discussion on the above topic at the International Financial Ombudsmen’s Conference at Brisbane, Australia, 28-31 August 2006.
- "Mis- or Non-disclosure : Reconstructing the Policy" by Prof. MFB Reinecke and Judge P M Nienaber, published in the November 2006 issue of Cover Magazine 26-32.
- “On the Payment of Premiums and the Lapsing of Long-term Insurance Policies” by P M Nienaber published in (2007) 19 SA Mercantile Law Journal page 1. By Judge P M Nienaber – recently retired Ombudsman for Long-term Insurance
- Occupational Disability Clauses - an opinion by Professor R H Christie QC
- Ombudsman Seminar - Workshop for Insurers on Ombudsman's process for claims. Presented by the LTIO and arranged by Munich Re (download the PDF)
- Ombudsman Seminar - Workshop for Insurers on Ombudsman's process for claims. Presented by the LTIO and arranged by Munich Re (download the PPT)
- Address to the Pension Lawyers Association by Sue Myrdal in September 20008