About Us
A focused approach to Southern African reinsurance
Reinsurance Solutions Intermediary Services is part of the greater Reinsurance Solutions Group.
We are a focused, agile firm providing comprehensive reinsurance solutions across an extensive range of industry sectors for clients operating in Southern African and the Lusophone countries.
These countries include Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde, eSwatini, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sao Tome & Principe, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Who we are
The Reinsurance Solutions Group was established in 1997 in Mauritius by Alexander Forbes Group of South Africa. Today it is the largest independent African-owned reinsurance broking group servicing Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands from its head office in Mauritius and other offices around Africa and in London.
As a subsidiary of the Reinsurance Solutions Group, we draw on its wealth of experience in leveraging our own deep-seated knowledge of the Southern African market and our inherent, locally-focused skill set to service clients across the region.
We cover the property, engineering, marine, aviation and energy sectors as well as liability, financial lines, political/social risks, high-risk and high-value personal accident events, T&D lines, and term life and whole life reinsurance.
Our extensive expertise and direct access to renowned global reinsurers further enable us to provide a range of niche products and tailored solutions for non-specified events.
What makes us different?
- We leverage the solid experience and product knowledge of the greater Reinsurance Solutions Group within our key markets across Southern Africa.
- We are a highly skilled, tightknit team that adopts a focused approach towards our customers in local markets.
- We have an accident and health (life) product specialist who has been brought in to further enhance this product offering across the group.
- We are a majority black-owned company, which translates into a Level 2 B-BBEE rating.
- We are a pan-African reinsurance broker with global reach and a presence in the London market.
- We have cultivated strong and fruitful partnerships with both regional and Afrocentric global reinsurers over many years.
- Our extensive African footprint strategically positions us to provide group-wide solutions to companies with a presence across the continent or those wanting to expand into Africa.
- We have access to multi-linguistic skills, allowing us to efficiently service Francophone (French-speaking), Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) and Anglophone (English-speaking) markets across Africa.
- We have in-house reinsurance analytics experts with access to world-class risk management modelling software and natural disaster catasophoe models.