AUTOFORUM

Motorists face claim rejections over poor car maintenance

Aug, 27 2025, 16:33

“Maintaining your vehicle is not only essential for your safety and that of other road users - it is also a vital part of protecting your insurance cover,”

Another 49 reasons for SAIA to make Code 2 data accessible

May, 16 2024, 20:00

SAMBRA has been actively campaigning so hard over the last 4 years for an open and transparent Vehicle Salvage Database (VSD) of all vehicles that have previously been “written off” by insurers from SAIA.

AARTO is back and could be coming to a traffic infringement near you!

Feb, 07 2024, 12:30

AARTO is back. Amended extensively in 2019, AARTO is due to be implemented in the coming months.

Are you a good driver? Probably not

Oct, 24 2023, 15:30

Time for a fundamental shift in attitudes to road safety.

SAIA urges policyholders to check what’s in and out

Oct, 24 2023, 13:58

The South African Insurance Association (SAIA) is urging holders of motor insurance policies to review policy documents to be certain that the nature and extent of the cover

SAMBRA comment on new VIN-Lookup website

Sep, 19 2023, 16:07

South African Insurance Association (SAIA) launched a new VIN-Lookup website with Code 3 (rebuilt), Code 3A (spare parts only) and code 4 (scrap- permanently demolished vehicles)

More work to be done before Vehicle Salvage Database is made public

May, 03 2022, 18:11

The board of the South African Insurance Association (SAIA) formally affirmed the decision to open the association’s Vehicle Salvage Database (VSD) to the public

Breakthrough in VSD database access

Feb, 25 2022, 16:51

SAMBRA has been campaigning hard over the last four years for the South African Insurance Association (SAIA) to release more information to the market with regard to the status of written-off vehicles.

SAIA calls on drivers to review policies

Mar, 25 2021, 16:07

The South African Insurance Association (SAIA) CEO Viviene Pearson said now was the ideal time for policyholders to update and refresh their policies.

SAIA welcomes Competition Commission guidelines on automotive aftermarket

Mar, 09 2021, 20:24

The South African Insurance Association (SAIA), supports the objectives of the Competition Commission Guidelines as they relate to the non-life insurance industry and the adoption of proactive measures that promote competition and transformation in t