Inadequate infrastructure management was flagged as a top risk for businesses in the next two years in Santam’s latest insurance trend survey. Consumers identified rising living costs, crime and unemployment as their top risks. 

Nearly two-thirds of about 900 businesses, consumers and brokers surveyed in the 2024-2025 Santam Insurance Barometer between January and April reported that failing infrastructure posed a major risk to their businesses, and 83% said poorly maintained infrastructure would be their top risk over the next two years. ..

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