Wessel Radyn (FICS Tshwane East), Gerhardt Becker (CEO) and Andries Radyn (FICS Tshwane East) The FICS footprint is growing with each new FICS Franchise that is opening its doors. With 145 FICS Franchises needing coverage, the opening of the FICS Tshwane East Franchise (number 22) allows FICS to gather information about accidents quickly and comprehensively as well as offering a service to clients in the Pretoria area. Wessel and Andries Radyn are two brothers who decided to start their own business. As Pretoria residents, it made sense to opt for a Franchise area close to home. These two complements one another well. Wessel, an ex-SAPS Colonel and Andre with extensive experience in administrating US Business School programmes for years have the abilities and skills for investigations and hands-on coordination of FICS work. Wessel and Andries Radyn are an ideal addition to the FICS team to address the services FICS offer to clients on a local and national level. FICS develope...

FICS facilitators trained people from two newly bought Franchises from 2 to 6 July at the FICS Training Facility in Centurion. Franchise Owners from Nkomazi and Tshwane East attended the theoretical and functional training. Paulette van der Merwe and Charlé du Preez (just back from a 2-year stint in the USA) represented the Nkomazi area while Wessel and Andries Radyn (two brothers) represented the new Tshwane East Owners. The Van der Merwes already own the Mbombela Franchise and the logical step for them was to acquire the adjacent area, Nkomazi. With the experiences gained from already owning a FICS Franchise, Paulette added a lot of value during the training week regarding pitfalls, challenges and best-practices in managing a FICS Franchise. Charlé with her exposure to cutting edge technology in the USA brought youthful ‘outside the box’ perspectives into the classroom. Wessel is an ex-Colonel in the SAPS and gave valuable insights into investigation practicalities in the field...

BACKGROUND FICS is a newly established group of companies for the forensic, legal, government, insurance and corporate markets, offering South Africa’s first specialised investigations franchise opportunity. The company is in a strong expansion phase with 145 demarcated franchise areas available to appropriately qualified and experienced applicants. Franchisees enjoy a steady income stream doing paralegal and investigative work on behalf of law firms and corporations, especially in the unclaimed benefit industry. Passive income can also be generated from post-accident data capturing via the FICS app, which enables franchisees to shorten turnaround times and deliver quantifiable data for the processing of claims. THE CONCEPT  FICS performs investigations for and on behalf of insurance companies, law firms, corporations and other service providers. The opportunities created by the head office are shared amongst the franchise network but franchisees are also required to gene...

A FICS Franchise is one of the most uncomplicated business models in the SA franchise industry. FICS is the only Investigative Franchise business which will eventually have 145 Franchisees resulting in a national footprint that covers all geographical areas in the country. Costing: A FICS Franchise is much cheaper than the average franchise opportunities in the market. A FICS Franchise costs R450 000 including working capital. That is less than 40% of the RSA average for franchises. Stock: A FICS Franchise does not have any stock that has to be stored, carried or secured. So no stock management is required. A FICS Franchise does not have any perishable stock that can result in losses. No fridges, shelves, space or infrastructure is required. No stock to be ordered, stock write offs or insurance is required. Staff size: A FICS Franchise does not have a large staff contingent. It functions with a small staff that will consist of 2 (Owner Operator & Management Office Coord...

Anel Bothma, Gerhardt Becker & Botha Process designed to shorten time frames in insurance claims and legal payouts. A Centurion-based private investigation services firm FICS has developed a pioneering mobile application, which assists those present at the scene of an accident or shortly thereafter, to capture comprehensively all the information necessary to process a claim – shortening time frames in both the settling of insurance claims and road accident fund claims. The FICS Mobile app, uses geo location technology, and is believed to the be the first of its kind in South Africa – if not the world - to fully document the evidence required by insurance companies as well as legal parties to process motor accident claims. The FICS Mobile app fills an identified and existing gap in the accident-claim process. Users are able to capture data such as the location; date and time of the accident; vehicle details; and road and weather conditions. The FICS Mobile app also allows for ...