About Us

Inspiring confidence through world-class solutions

We are a focused, agile firm providing comprehensive reinsurance solutions across a range of industry sectors for clients operating in Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands from our offices in Mauritius, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Johannesburg and London.

This distinctive position in the African market reflects our values. That of remaining flexible, agile and responsive to our clients' needs; of constantly augmenting our technical expertise to remain current and relevant; and of maintaining a partnership approach to business that supports our clients' growth.

Our extensive experience operating in Africa allows us to fulfil our purpose of 'reach, resolve, reassure': we reach clients and reinsurance markets from around the world; we are solutions-focused to resolve reinsurance challenges; and we inspire confidence in our clients through helping to mitigate their risk.

We combine our deep-seated local knowledge with our vast African experience to deliver global reach.

Who we are

The Reinsurance Solutions Group was established in 1997 in Mauritius by Alexander Forbes Group of South Africa. Today we are the largest independent African-owned reinsurance broking group servicing Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.

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 have solid experience and product knowledge.
  • We are a highly skilled team that adopts a focused approach towards our customers in local markets.
  • 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.
1996

Obtained the first premium rated license in South Africa for PR services.


Obtained licenses from MTN, Vodacom and Cell C for SMS/IVR services, and launched the largest independent IVR platform in South Africa.

2000

2002

Appointed the preferred service provider to SABC Mobile.


Appointed the sole service provider to DStv Africa.

2004

2005

Formally launched BizWorx and Fax2Email.


Launched the first Telkom Charity Cup.

2008

2009

Launched IDWorx.


Launched CarbonWorx.

2010

2011

Launched first USSD Campaign with Pep on its chat portal. It would go on to be the first of 1000+ USSD campaigns managed by FoneWorx.

Appointed mobile services provider for 8ta.


Appointed the preferred supplier to SAB/ABInBev.

2014

2016

Cognition Channel Incentives is launched.

Huawei signs up as first blue-chip client followed by Defy.


Adopt WhatsApp as an additional channel for clients and their consumers.

2019

2020

Covid 19 strikes.


Launch a new integrated gamification platform.

2022