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Santam fights hard to avoid paying business interruption insurance claims to small companies

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The reluctance of the big insurers like Santam to pay claims for Covid-19 business interruption is threatening thousands of jobs. There has been a first victory for a Cape restaurant against Guardrisk, but Santam has dug in its heels and says it is convinced that the lockdown during Covid-19 is not covered by its policies. - Linda van Tilburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Jul 2020 1PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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