The Power of Your Life The Sanlam Century of Insurance Empowerment, 1918-2018
This book explores a century of business development in The South African Life Assurance Company, from a specific local focus to a national conglomerate expanding into global insurance markets. Established as a strategic vehicle to address Afrikaner economic marginalization and abject poverty at the...
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