- CEO
- Tom M. Gitogo
- Full Time Employees
- 1,331
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Multi-line insurance
- Address
- Nairobi Kenya
- IPO Date
- Jul 12, 2011
- Business
- Britam Holdings Plc is a Kenya-based diversified financial services holding company that provides life assurance, general insurance, health insurance, asset management, and property investment solutions to individuals, small and medium enterprises, corporations, and institutional clients across Eastern and Southern Africa. Founded in 1965 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the company operates across seven countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Mozambique, and Malawi. Britam operates through four primary business segments: Long-Term Insurance Business, Short-Term Insurance Business, Asset Management, and Property. Its comprehensive product and service portfolio includes life assurance and retirement planning products such as individual life policies, education policies, whole life plans, term life insurance, group life schemes, personal pension plans, and annuities; general insurance solutions encompassing private and commercial motor vehicle insurance, fire and perils cover, marine cargo insurance, engineering and construction risks, public and professional liability coverage, burglary protection, personal accident insurance, travel insurance, and crop and livestock insurance; health insurance offerings covering corporate medical schemes, SME health plans, and individual or family medical cover; asset management and wealth management services comprising money market funds, balanced funds, equity funds, fixed-income bond funds, institutional portfolio management, wealth advisory, and offshore investment management; and commercial real estate development, property management, and rental asset operations. In recent years, Britam has accelerated its customer-centric transformation strategy with an emphasis on digital innovation, embedded finance, and regional market penetration. The company has forged strategic partnerships with regional telecommunications operators, fintech platforms, and digital aggregators to distribute embedded microinsurance, mobile health coverage, and digital life solutions. Furthermore, Britam has expanded its parametric and index-based climate insurance offerings for smallholder farmers across East Africa, introduced digital self-service platforms and automated claims processing systems, and executed portfolio optimization initiatives across its regional subsidiaries to enhance capital efficiency and drive expansion in its non-life and wealth management divisions.