Insurance industry launches charter
Monday, September 19, 2011
The ICB - which represents most of the country's insurance houses, brokers, agents and other stakeholders, launched the charter at the end of a two-day conference held in Gaborone.
The Charter comes as the insurance industry and the Non-Banking Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) tighten professional standards in line with international best practice and in recognition of the critical responsibility borne by the sector.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...