The Attorneys Fidelity Fund (AFF) is a fidelity guarantee fund, which exists in terms of the Attorneys Act. The AFF exists to protect the public against loss as a result of theft of trust funds. The protection provided by the Fund encourages the public to use services provided by legal practitioners with confidence.
The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund NPC (AIIF) is a non-profit, short-term insurance company established by the Attorneys Fidelity Fund. The AIIF’s primary purpose is to provide all legal practitioners who are obliged to be in possession of a Fidelity Fund certificate, with a primary level of professional indemnity insurance.
This is a series of features on The Laws of Life with the aim of increasing awareness of the role and responsibilities of the AFF and the AIIF and the protection they provide to the public and members of the legal fraternity.
15 August: Introducing The AFF & AIIF
This is the first in a series in which we introduce The Attorneys Fidelity Fund (AFF) and The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund (AIIF). These shows aim to increase the awareness of the services provided by these organisations and how they serve and protect you. The funds are committed to ensuring the acceleration of growth in the legal fraternity.
22 August: Molatsi Molefe (CEO: AFF) & Sipho Mbelle (MD: AIIF)
This feature aims to increase the awareness of the services provided by The Attorneys Fidelity Fund (AFF) and The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund (AIIF), and how they serve and protect you. The funds are committed to ensuring the acceleration of growth in the legal fraternity.
29 August: Thomas Harban (GM: AIIF)
General Manager of The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund, Thomas Harban, joins Garry in studio. He answers questions like: What should a member of the public do in the event that the attorney is negligent in carrying out an instruction? Who is covered by the AIIF policies? What does the AIIF policy cover? How much cover is provided by the AIIF?
5 September: Zodwa Mbatha (AIIF): Executor Bonds
This feature aims to increase the awareness of the services provided by The Attorneys Fidelity Fund (AFF) and The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund (AIIF), and how they serve and protect you. The funds are committed to ensuring the acceleration of growth in the legal fraternity. Executive Bonds Executive, Zodwa Mbatha from the AIIF, joins the show to discuss executor bonds provided by them.
12 September: Jan de Beer (Risk Management Executive: AFF)
This feature aims to increase the awareness of the services provided by The Attorneys Fidelity Fund (AFF) and The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund (AIIF), and how they serve and protect you. The funds are committed to ensuring the acceleration of growth in the legal fraternity. Jan de Beer, Risk Management Executive of the AFF, joins Garry in studio this week to discuss how to tackle a crooked lawyer who stole your money.
19 September: Simthandile Myemane (Practitioner Support Manager: AFF)
This feature aims to increase the awareness of the services provided by The Attorneys Fidelity Fund (AFF) and The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund (AIIF), and how they serve and protect you. This week’s guest is Simthandile Myeman
e, the Practitioner Support Manager at the AFF.
3 October: Joseph Kunene (Claims Executive: AIIF)
This feature aims to increase the awareness of the services provided by The Attorneys Fidelity Fund (AFF) and The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund (AIIF), and how they serve and protect you. This week’s guest is Joseph Kunene, Claims Executive at the AIIF.
7 November: Jan de Beer (Risk Management Executive: AFF)
The Attorneys Fidelity Fund (AFF) is a fidelity guarantee fund, which exists in terms of the Attorneys Act. The AFF exists to protect the public against loss as a result of theft of trust funds. The protection provided by the Fund encourages the public to use services provided by legal practitioners with confidence. This is a further show in a series and with us in studio is Jan de Beer, Risk Management Executive of The Attorneys Fidelity Fund on the importance, benefits and training of Risk Management.
5 December: Attorney Negligence (with Thomas Harban: AIIF)
This end of year show is a further in the series aiming to increase awareness of the role and responsibilities of The Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund and the protection they provide to the public and members of the legal fraternity. In this show Thomas Harban – General Manager of the AIIF – explains what a member of the public should do in the event that their Attorney is negligent in carrying out an instruction.
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