Etana News – Etana in the News

The Etana family keeps growing

Etana’s Pretoria team threw a surprise stork party for branch manager, Justin Naylor, and his wife Trudi at Hollard House in Brooklyn. Justin was subjected to all the antics usually reserved for the expectant mums at these events – guessing the presents, drinking out of a potty and dressing up as a baby.

Etana represented on the world actuarial stage

Etana’s chief actuary, Dalisu Dube, recently attended the 2010 International Congress of Actuaries (ICA) conference in Cape Town.

Brokers in the house!

Around 20 brokers are currently attending a three-day Etana Academy training session at Etana House in Johannesburg, following successful sessions in Pretoria and Cape Town.

World Cup soccer star pays Etana a visit

Well-known soccer fundi and SuperSport presenter Dr Terry Paine visited Etana Insurance’s Johannesburg offices last week.

The Etana Campus art collection

The Etana Campus overflows with art, some inspiring, some thought-provoking and other pieces just down-right strange. The Etana art collection aims to stimulate conversation and make art accessible to all Etanans, which is why it’s not stored in a vault. The collection also aims to support contemporary South African artists, and challenge and expose people to these thought-provoking pieces.

Why I love my boss

I have been asked this question daily for the past two-and–a-half years and can honestly answer: I work for a man who is tactful, considerate and an absolute joy to be around.

East London branch REDistibuting the wealth

For the past three years the Insurance Institute of the Border region have held an auction at their annual dinner. The proceeds are donated to a charity chosen by the winning bidder, which has been Etana since 2007.

Etanans get kitted out for socceRED Fridays!

On Friday, 19 February 2010, the new Etana socceRED shirt was unveiled! All Etanans at the 13 branches around the country received a RED socceRED shirt to celebrate the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and Etana’s socceRED fever! This is what the Etana socceRED shirt means ...

Etanans mark 100 days to go before 2010 FIFA World Cup™ kick-off

It’s exactly 100 days before the first ball is kicked in the first ever African soccer World Cup.

To mark the occasion, the Johannesburg highways, outside Etana’s head office, were treated to the sounds of Etanans blowing their customised vuvuzelaREDs at 9h15 this morning.

Charl Swarts elected as Cape’s Insurance Institute president

Etana’s Cape Town branch manager, Charl Swarts, was inaugurated as the president of the Insurance Institute of the Cape of Good Hope on Wednesday night, 24 February, 2010.