About Us

Johan Sauer Actuaries & Consultants is a boutique firm of qualified actuaries providing expert actuarial services to legal firms.  From our offices in Pretoria, we serve clients nationwide.

What We Do

We super specialize in the quantification of legal damages in South African civil court cases. Our reports are clear, concise and accurate. We offer a finely skilled professional service, backed-up by a willingness to defend our calculations in the witness stand.

We accept written instruction from legal firms representing plaintiffs or defendants; resulting from motor vehicle, train, aircraft or other accidents. In addition, we also work on cases of medical malpractice or other forms of delict, e.g. unfair dismissals.

Types of actuarial reports we compile

• Loss of Income

• Loss of Support

• Capitalisation of Future Medical Expenses

• Loss of Pension Benefits

• Unfair Dismissals

Core Strengths

At Johan Sauer Actuaries & Consultants we compete in the specific areas in which we have competitive advantage. We are not everything to everyone.

We pride ourselves on our superiority of service in the following instances:

• We normally serve attorneys specializing in this field of the law. However, we are willing to take on new clients and assist them in building practices, using tried and tested approaches and processes.

• Our ultimate strength is the swiftness with which we compile high quality, accurate actuarial reports on written instruction. Our clients may assume by default that a first actuarial report in a case will be delivered within 12 working hours from receipt of complete information. 

• All recalculations on days of trial, denoting or pre-trial meetings are delivered within 2 working hours of receiving complete written instruction. It allows our clients supreme negotiating advantage on the steps of the court.

• Clients are able to assume that we monitor our incoming e-mail and fax lines constantly, day and night, and we send confirmation of receipt by default.

• We are prepared to take instruction from registered attorneys.  We are willing to wait for payment, up to the date of settlement, judgement or abandonment  but with a maximum of three years from our first work on a case. Thus, we work on a deferred payment basis, not on a contingency basis.  The instructing attorney guarantees our fees regardless of outcome.

• We contract with clients on a written basis only and are not set-up to accept verbal instruction.

• We can proudly say that we decline to be involved when we suspect any fraudulent activity.

Thank you for considering us!  You are welcome to contact us for quotations.

Quotes

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” - Leonardo da Vinci

“If you don’t have competitive advantage, don’t compete” – Richard Branson

“Efficiency is doing better what is already being done” – Peter F. Drucker

"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. " – Bill Gates

Terms and Conditions for Service

Please take note of the following terms and conditions: We do not work / render services on a contingency fee basis, therefore you remain liable for the payment of all amounts due to us and payment is not dependant on whether any claim and / or action is successfully prosecuted or not. The due date for the payment of services provided within 3 years from the date of first service, is deferred for 3 years from the date of first service as indicated on invoices. Each instruction for further work on a matter constitutes an acknowledgement of debt for all unpaid services in the matter. Payment for services after 3 years from date of first service will be due and payable immediately. You are required to provide us with regular updates on the status / progress of the matter, preferably once every 3 months. You may settle any outstanding amounts at any time before the due date arises. We have the right to allocate payments to oldest accounts first. A “Certificate of Balance” under the hand of Johan Sauer or the Financial Systems Manager of the practice (whose capabilities as such need not be proven) shall constitute prima facie proof of any amount payable.