A recent Financial Services Tribunal decision, handed down on 28 October 2024 in the matter Seth Bouah v Sanlam Umbrella Provident Fund and Others with Case No: PFA29/2024, confirmed that the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA) lacks jurisdiction to entertain unapproved disability benefit claims underwritten by the insurer.

The main issue which was under re-consideration was…