Insurance Post

Zurich sells South Africa operations to Fairfax Financial

The beach in Durban in South Africa

Swiss-headquartered insurance giant Zurich has sold its South Africa operations to Toronto-headquartered Fairfax Financial Holdings for an undisclosed sum.

Zurich South Africa, founded in 1965, has its headquarters in Johannesburg and a subsidiary in Botswana; it employs around 800 people and controls around £200m of gross written premium for both

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@postonline.co.uk or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.postonline.co.uk/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@postonline.co.uk to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Insurance Post? View our subscription options

Register

Want to know what’s included in our free registration? Click here

Already have an account? Sign in here

This address will be used to create your account
Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have an Insurance Post account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account here