STEPHEN CRANSTON | Momentum rebrands with new leadership and record Bonitas win
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“Discovery has grown from zero to a market cap of R172bn in little more than 30 years.”
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“Discovery overtook Liberty and Old Mutual, which at its peak controlled almost half of the South African life insurance market.”
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— Discovery Limited (commonly referred to as Discovery) is a major South African financial services and private healthcare group. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Sandton, and listed on …
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— Liberty Holdings Limited is a South African financial services and property holding company that focuses on Insurance and Asset Management with registered head office in Johannesburg, South Africa at …
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— Old Mutual (officially Old Mutual Limited) is a South African investment, savings, insurance, and banking group, operating across Africa. Headquartered in Sandton, Gauteng, with a major office in Cape…
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“Discovery spent its early years as a subsidiary of Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) through Momentum Life.”
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— Discovery Limited (commonly referred to as Discovery) is a major South African financial services and private healthcare group. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Sandton, and listed on …
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— FirstRand Limited, also referred to as FirstRand Group, is the holding company of FirstRand Bank, and is a financial services provider in South Africa. It is one of the financial services providers li…
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— Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (also referred to as RMI Holdings) is a listed South African financial services investment holding company that holds various insurance brands in 9 countries around t…
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“Momentum's strength was distribution, with strong relationships with independent advisers and an institutional consulting force.”
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“Momentum Health had offices in Sandton, not in Verwoerdburg (Centurion).”
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“The medical aid product was called Discovery and was the first in the FirstRand fold to be listed in 1999.”
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“Momentum had a material share of the fledgling medical aid business from its inception.”
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“Momentum's return on equity is 24%, above the target of 20%.”
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“Momentum's earnings grew 8% to R3.7bn, with new business up 11% to R43.3bn.”
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“Momentum's rest-of-Africa sales increased by 28%.”
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“Momentum Corporate's sales were up 23%, with group life and disability benefits as the sweet spot.”
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“Momentum will administer Bonitas medical aid, the second-largest open medical aid in South Africa.”
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“Momentum's administration of Bonitas adds 750,000 new beneficiaries, overtaking Medscheme.”
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“Momentum covers 30% of lives through medical aid, mostly in the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems).”
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“Momentum's mass-market business, Metropolitan, saw sales down 13%.”
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“Momentum's earnings increased 14% to R500m due to lower distribution costs and lapse/death rates.”
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“Momentum increased its interim dividend by 29% to 110c per share.”
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“Momentum has over 500 tied agents and 480 in its Consult by Momentum franchise.”
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“Momentum is exiting its quasi-banking operation, Momentum Money, to be closed by the end of the financial year.”
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