Actuarial

Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 30, 2021

 

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Robert J Koch, 4 Myrtle Street, Gardens, Cape Town.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: South Africa
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to Koch Consulting Actuaries, accessible from http://robertjkoch.com
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

 

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, Province, Postal code, City
  • Usage Data
  • Usage Data
  • Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
    For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
    With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
    With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: 

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Newsletter: June 2017

NEWSLETTER

(Number 96 – June 2017)

 

Vital statistics:

CAP determination 30 April 2017:  R259 810
CPI year-on-year April 2017:   5,3%
RSA long bond yield May 2017:   8,6%
Real rate of return (8,6 less 5,3):   3,3%
ABSA Property Index October 2016  -0,3%
Houses less than 140 square meters  +2,1%

Expenses paid by RAF undertaking:   For many years it has been the practice of the RAF to pay necessary expenses such as househelp, handyman, gardener, and travel costs by way of undertaking as and when such expenses have been incurred.  However, in Mphirime v RAF (unreported 916/2014) [2016] ZAFSHC 24 (25 February 2016) it was ruled that such costs are not medical expenses and thus not to be paid by way of undertaking but by way of capitalised lump sum. This ruling was well received and applied fairly quickly to a substantial number of settlements.  

Barnard v RAF 2017 (1) SA 245 (ECP) in the same year ruled the reverse, that payment of non-health services such as househelp, handyman, gardener, and travel costs should be by way of undertaking.  Doubtless this issue will soon find its way to the SCA.

The earnings data hoard:  STATSSA has for decades been collecting earnings data as regards the entire working population of South Africa.  More recently such data has become available for detailed analysis.   Such figures are much more relevant for damages claims than the overstated Peromnes/FSA data so widely used by industrial psychologists (see Quantum Yearbook 2017 at page 129).  The tables below illustrate the range of earnings information now available:

Peromnes  Pater-son/FSA  STATSSA earnings CORPORATE earnings  
level Level  R1000 p/a at July 2017   R1000 p/a at July 2017  
    LQ MED UQ LQ MED UQ
Semi-skilled              
14 B3 79 123 169 191 220 246
Skilled              
10 C3 125 197 271 415 466 555

Middle
management

             
6 D3 197 314 434 969 1114 1370

 

 Earnings statistics from STATSSA March 2017   
   LQ (Rpa)  MED  (Rpa)  UQ  (Rpa)
 Less than Grade 12   
 20  15,113  23,450  39,331
 25  17,073  28,809  49,747
 45  21,103  41,347  81,826
 55  21,952  44,894  94,933
 Grade 12      
 20  20,734  35,492  65,000
 25  23,695  45,600  94,120
 45  47,248  104,814  220,155
 55  62,608  140,164  286,096
 Grade 12 with Certificate   
 25  31,853  72,329  143,707
 30  42,386  97,407  188,357
 45  67,365  146,869  277,955
 55  80,759  167,161  315,860
 Grade 12 with Diploma   
 25  53,526  110,276  199,660
 30  79,036  150,873  268,213
 45  116,039  207,780  362,103
 55  121,212  213,971  370,288
 Bachelor’s Degree   
 25  93,475  183,194  323,770
 30  133,542  253,146  441,605
 45  174,956  326,549  586,431
 55  -  -  591,181
 Honors Degree and Postgraduate Diploma   
 25  97,393  191,119  335,345
 30  137,841  259,805  458,981
 45  177,426  332,521  610,889
 55  -  -  615,852
 Masters and Doctorate      
 25  114,956  222,039  373,215
 30  193,253  381,453  689,322
 45  277,667  554,331  1,078,285
 55  -  -  1,091,222

 

It is intended to include summaries of the SATSSA data in the Quantum Yearbook for 2018.  For more comprehensive and detailed tables please refer to Jaen Beelders of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (tel: 061-4104659).

Government budgeting guidelines:  A large proportion of accident victims are Government employees.  It follows that estimating their earnings is an important aspect of claims assessment.  The Government guidelines for budgeting issued June 2016 recommend that salaries be projected at 1% per year above inflation in addition to notch increases; medical aid contributions to be projected at 2½% per year above the rate of inflation; and the housing allowance in line with inflation.

 

FINIS

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The Quantum Yearbook is a publication of financial and statistical information relevant to the assessment of damages for personal injury or death.  It includes tables of general damages awards updated for inflation to 2020.


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