Nautical Notables
Fact: #2596
The SA Navy Festival in Simon’s Town (October 4-6, 2024) will offer public tours of a type 209 submarine. South… Read More
Fact-A-Day Archive
Mission Impossible
Fact: #2595
Actor Tom Cruise does many of his own daring stunts, with movies starring him often requiring additional insurance coverage from… Read More
Insure Your Peace
Fact: #2594
Housebreaking is the number one crime in SA, with StatsSA estimating 1.6m incidences of housebreaking in 2023, representing 5.7% of… Read More
Ship Happens
Fact: #2593
Insurance has ancient roots. For example, “Bottomry” insurance contracts were used by Babylonian merchants as early as 4,000–3,000 BC: any… Read More
Well, damn, Jackie, I can’t control the weather!
Fact: #2592
The July 2024 storms in the Western Cape impacted ~150,000 individuals and 47,000 homes, resulting in a significant increase in… Read More
Shrinkflation
Fact: #2591
Companies often resort to shrinkflation in response to rising production costs, seeking to maintain profitability without directly raising prices. A… Read More