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Fraud and abuse pose a silent threat to healthcare sustainability

Medical Aid

Fraud and abuse pose a silent threat to healthcare sustainability

Kevin Aron, Issued by Stone 25 Nov 2025

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Insurance & Actuarial

NLPs and automated image analysis: How AI is being used to prevent insurance fraud

Prescious Mogale and Zaakir Mohamed 6 Dec 2024

Public Health

The impact of fraud, waste, and abuse on medical-scheme members and strategies for industry reform

15 Oct 2024

Parliament heard the Special Investigating Unit’s head advocate last week testify about medico-legal fraud. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Medical Law

SIU takes aim at ballooning dodgy medical litigation that is costing the government billions

Sandiso Phaliso 13 Sep 2024

Insurance companies weather the storm with threat alerts from AfriGIS

ESG

Insurance companies weather the storm with threat alerts from AfriGIS

Issued by AfriGIS 16 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf Despite fraud cases dominating the news cycle, there has been a decrease in fraudulent and dishonest life insurance claims

Insurance & Actuarial

AI steps up the fight against insurance fraud

21 Dec 2023

R317m in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund

Automotive

R317m in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund

Chiara Carter 30 Nov 2023

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Criminal Law

Hawks bust alleged UIF fraudsters

13 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Dr Jerry Chetty, manager of the Business Integrity Unit at Santam.

Finance

Claim fraud on the rise: insurance firms hard-hit

Dr Jerry Chetty 24 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Anton Keet, head of Risk Services at 1Life.

Trends

#BizTrends2022: New insurance trends driven by digital transformation

Anton Keet 5 Jan 2022

Craig Baker, CEO, MiWayLife

Insurance & Actuarial

Life insurers predict fraud and crime surges for 2020 and 2021

26 Jan 2021

Global executives look to digital transformation to support recovery

Trends

Global executives look to digital transformation to support recovery

Issued by SAP Concur 6 Jan 2021

Eleven arrested in UIF Covid-19 benefit probe

Criminal Law

Eleven arrested in UIF Covid-19 benefit probe

21 Oct 2020

UIF processing August, September Covid-19 TERS claims

Remuneration & Payroll

UIF processing August, September Covid-19 TERS claims

30 Sep 2020

UIF temporarily suspends payment of Covid-19 TERS relief fund

Remuneration & Payroll

UIF temporarily suspends payment of Covid-19 TERS relief fund

11 Sep 2020

Fraudulent relief claims spread rapidly around the world during Covid-19

Labour Law

Fraudulent relief claims spread rapidly around the world during Covid-19

Darryl Bernstein and Johan Botes 15 Jul 2020

UIF scrutinising suspicious relief claims

Remuneration & Payroll

UIF scrutinising suspicious relief claims

22 May 2020

The realities of AARTO and insurance

Automotive

The realities of AARTO and insurance

Yolande Van Niekerk 6 Nov 2019

#StartupStory: Curacel is tackling fraud in healthcare insurance

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Curacel is tackling fraud in healthcare insurance

Evan-Lee Courie 4 Oct 2019

3 questions to determine whether a startup can disrupt

How To Start Up

3 questions to determine whether a startup can disrupt

Ernest North 3 Oct 2019

The startups changing healthcare through innovation

Entrepreneurship

The startups changing healthcare through innovation

3 Sep 2019

"It's not about blockchain, it's about the next wave of innovation"

Software

"It's not about blockchain, it's about the next wave of innovation"

Tanya Knowles 23 May 2019

Using tech to reduce fraud in the insurance sector

Technology

Using tech to reduce fraud in the insurance sector

Kumar Utpal 6 May 2019

SIU investigations yield arrests for medico-legal fraud

Criminal Law

SIU investigations yield arrests for medico-legal fraud

26 Feb 2019

New anti-corruption forum to curb fraud in healthcare

Healthcare

New anti-corruption forum to curb fraud in healthcare

7 Jun 2018

Health anti-corruption forum to curb fraud

Medical Law

Health anti-corruption forum to curb fraud

7 Jun 2018

US charges 412 people for health fraud

Pharmaceuticals

US charges 412 people for health fraud

14 Jul 2017

Protector targets suspected fraud at AgriSeta

Legal

Protector targets suspected fraud at AgriSeta

Bekezela Phakathi 28 Apr 2017

Guidance from the UK for SA insurers regarding fraudulent claims

Law Practice

Guidance from the UK for SA insurers regarding fraudulent claims

Willie van Wyk and Philene Spargo 19 Sep 2016

Access to National Population Registry benefits policyholders

Insurance & Actuarial

Access to National Population Registry benefits policyholders

10 Feb 2016

Access to accurate and dense data - an imperative for the insurance industry

Insurance & Actuarial

Access to accurate and dense data - an imperative for the insurance industry

Robin Wagner 22 Sep 2015

SARS warns against fraudulent tax advisors

Administration

SARS warns against fraudulent tax advisors

16 Oct 2013

Dr Tracy Dunbar

Insurance & Actuarial

Moving to a new era of fraud prevention

Dr Tracy Dunbar 21 Aug 2013

Mutual & Federal buys Agricola

Insurance & Actuarial

Mutual & Federal buys Agricola

Phakamisa Ndzamela 12 Aug 2013

Fraudulent claims plague medical aids

Medical Aid

Fraudulent claims plague medical aids

13 May 2013

Insurance & Actuarial

Life assurers show zero tolerance for fraud

9 Nov 2012