Swiss Re Africa: 75 Years Partnering for Progress to Make Africa More Resilient

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Swiss Re Africa: 75 Years Partnering for Progress to Make Africa More Resilient

In 2025, Swiss Re Africa proudly celebrates 75 years of pioneering reinsurance operations on the continent. This milestone underscores the company's unwavering commitment to client-centricity and partnership, driving progress and development in the sector. From its first reinsurance contract in South Africa to becoming a major market player, Swiss Re Africa has continuously shaped the African re/insurance landscape with innovative solutions and strong partnerships. With a dedicated team and a comprehensive range of services, Swiss Re Africa covers a broad spectrum of risks, enhancing the population's life span, health span, and wealth span.

  • Our vision is to make the world more resilient. Over these 75 years, we have established strong partnerships with our clients to foster industry growth in innovative ways, leveraging tech-driven operational efficiencies to protect more people in more ways and increase societal resilience.
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    Carli Jacobs, CEO Swiss Re Africa

Swiss Re Africa today

Swiss Re Africa today has a dedicated team of over 100 experts in our offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. We offer comprehensive reinsurance risk transfer services tailored to the African market across life and health and property and casualty reinsurance.

Swiss Re has a composite reinsurance license in South Africa. Our retrocession reinsurance agreements are covering almost every country across the continent.

We are a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) accredited reinsurer, indicating that we have achieved a high level of participation and empowerment of South Africans.

Carli Jacobs, CEO Swiss Re Africa

Over the decades, Swiss Re has driven the re/insurance evolution in Africa by partnering with clients to foster industry growth and harnessing technology to expand protection and enhance societal resilience.

Priyen Mehta, Head P&C Sub-Saharan Africa

Since our first reinsurance contract in South Africa in 1950, Swiss Re Africa has been sharing risk transfer expertise through collaboration and reinsurance solutions for life and health and property and casualty.

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Events Celebrate with us

Join us as we celebrate our 75 Years of Swiss Re’s partnering for progress in Africa on our annual P&C and L&H client event.

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