British-American Insurance Company Kenya Limited

By | June 14, 2019

British-American Insurance Company Kenya Limited

Britam Holdings Limited, previously known by as British-American Investments Company, is a diversified financial services group and is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The group offers a wide range of financial products and services in insurance, asset management, property, and banking in the African Great Lakes region.

Subsidiaries and investments

Insurance

  • Britam Life Assurance Company (Kenya) Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – The flagship company of the group. Offering General insurance and Life insurance.
  • Britam General Insurance Company (Kenya) Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – Offering General Insurance and Holding Company for Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique subsidiaries. Real Insurance Company is the oldest member having been founded in 1910 as a subsidiary of Royal Insurance, now part of RSA Insurance Group.
  • Britam Insurance Uganda Limited – Kampala, Uganda – 100% Shareholding – Offering General and Life Insurance.
  • Britam Insurance South Sudan Limited – Juba, South Sudan – 100% Shareholding – Offering General and Life Insurance.
  • Britam Insurance Rwanda Limited – Kigali, Rwanda – 100% Shareholding – Offering General Insurance.
  • RICEA Management Services Company – Nicosia, Cyprus – 100% Shareholding – Held through Real Insurance Company Limited – Management services of the Real Insurance subsidiaries.
  • Britam Insurance Tanzania Limited– Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – 54.45% Shareholding – Held through Real Insurance Company Limited – Offering General Insurance
  • Britam Insurance Company Malawi Limited – Blantyre, Malawi – 64.35% Shareholding – Held through Real Insurance Company Limited – Offering General Insurance. Started operating in 1959, making it the oldest insurance company in Malawi. It was listed on the Malawi Stock Exchange on 29 September 2008 through a successful IPO that was over-subscribed by 300%. It is the only listed insurance company in Malawi.
  • Britam Companhia De Seguros De Mozambique, S.A – Maputo, Mozambique – 97.02% Shareholding – Offering General Insurance

Asset Management

  • British-American Asset Managers (BAAM) Kenya Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – Offering Financial services, investment management, Private equity and Investment advisory services.
  • British-American Asset Managers (BAAM) Uganda Limited – Kampala, Uganda – 100% Shareholding – Offering financial services, investment management and investment advisory services.

Property

  • Bramer Properties Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – Real Estate and REITs.

Banking Holding

  • Equity Group Holdings Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 8.2% Shareholding – A financial services organisation in East Africa regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya.
  • Housing Finance Company of Kenya – 48.82% Shareholding – A mortgage finance provider in Kenya regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya.

Contact Us

British-American Centre,

Mara/Ragati Road Junction, Upperhill

P.O. Box 30375-00100

Nairobi,  

Kenya