The FSCA has published a three-year rolling financial education plan. One of the objectives of the FSCA under section 57 of the Financial Sector Regulation Act is to provide financial customers and potential financial customers "with financial education programs, and otherwise promoting financial literacy¢â‚¬.

The increasing frequency of devastating and even catastrophic events has given rise to a worldwide debate on the role of insurers in helping to manage the risks and losses of those insured or seeking insurance.

On 6 May 2025 the FSCA issued its Regulatory Strategy 2025 - 2028 which gives us some indications of when the Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill may become enacted legislation. A major focus of the FSCA over the next three years will be preparing for the implementation of the COFI Act which itself has to be enacted.

A December 2024 tax court judgment recognises that risk transfer, including the major role played by insurers, takes many forms. Courts in South Africa frequently refer to a 1967 court definition of a contract of insurance as a "contract between an insurer and an insured, whereby the insurer undertakes in return for the payment of a price or premium to render to the insured a sum of money, or its equivalent, on the happening of a specified uncertain event in which the insured has some interest".