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Top 25 Underwriting companies based in South Africa

Name: Underwriting companies based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 161 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 161 underwriting companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 11,533 professional contacts across them, including 3,114 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers underwriting companies headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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11,533Contacts tracked

3,114Verified emails

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The 25 largest underwriting companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 161 underwriting companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to underwriting companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Hollard Insurance	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,528 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Life is full of unsures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	Bryte Insurance Company Limited	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	647 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bryte Insurance is the premier, proactive business risk specialist in Southern Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	Indwe Risk Services	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	581 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Indwe Risk Services, we offer comprehensive personal and business cover through reputable insurers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	CIB	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	337 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CIB is a proudly South African underwriting manager that deals through a network of short term insurance brokers countrywide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	PSG Insure	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	313 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We offer short-term insurance advice and cover to protect you from unforeseen events.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	Santam Specialist	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	5,001-10,000	175 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Santam Specialist Solutions, we understand that today’s risks are complex, interconnected, and constantly evolving.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Itoo Special Risks PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Parktown, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	149 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “iTOO is a special risks UMA that offers a range of niche commercial products to companies of all shapes and sizes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	FEM	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	112 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “THE FEDERATED EMPLOYERS MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY (RF) PROPRIETARY LIMITED was established as a mutual insurer in 1936 and on the introduction of the Workmen's Compensation Act…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	MUA Insurance Acceptances PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Bellville, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	109 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MUA Insurance Acceptances have grown from small beginnings, established more than 30 years ago, to become South Africa’s leaders in the high net worth short-term personal lines…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Genric Insurance Company LTD	Indirect evidence	Centurion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GENRIC Insurance Company is a market leader focused on bringing innovative and niche insurance solutions to market by partnering with specialist UMAs, startup businesses…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Econorisk PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	92 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Econorisk is one of South Africa’s leading risk and advisory firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Oakhurst Insurance Company LTD	Indirect evidence	George, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Oakhurst Insurance Company Limited is a licensed insurance company focusing very specifically on our brokers and their client’s individual insurance needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	Ambledown Financial Services	Strong evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Ambledown is a health and accident underwriting agency providing underwriting management and claims administration.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	CIA Building Insurance Specialists	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	62 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CIA is a niche underwriting agency specialising in the insurance of buildings.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	NEW National Assurance Company	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to our Linked-In Page!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Emerald Risk Transfer PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Fourways, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in Emerald offers solution driven insurance products to corporate policyholders throughout Africa, including the Indian Ocean Islands and internationally in the Middle…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Camargue Underwriting Managers	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Camargue is an underwriter of niche insurance products and a provider of risk management solutions to a broad spectrum of industries in Southern Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	Leppard & Associates	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1991 Leppard Underwriting specialises in Broad Form Liability, Directors & Officers, Security Services Liability, Medical Malpractice and Professional Indemnity…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Natsure Underwriting Managers PTY LTD	Strong evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Natsure is a specialist short term insurance underwriting management agency with a broad broker footprint across Southern Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	F&i Insurance	Strong evidence	Benoni, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “F&I is a specialist underwriting and risk manager offering a full range of comprehensive insurance and risk solutions for the commercial, industrial, manufacturing and hospitality…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	Quicksure PTY LTD	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Quicksure is one of the leading short-term insurance Underwriting Managers in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	Administration Plussa	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Adminplus is South Africa’s only Underwriting Manager specialising in managing the insurance of mobile consumer electronics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Southsure Brokers	Indirect evidence	Port Elizabeth, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Short Term Insurance Broker specialising in:* Agriculture * Contractors All Risks * Commercial * Cyber * Engineering * Events * Fidelity * Goods-in-Transit * Hospitality * Kidnap…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	TBFS	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Strong evidence “As an Underwriting Manager, we provide Underwriting Consultancy and Product Development services focused on the low income insurance arena.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Strategic Insurance Systems PTY LTD	Strong evidence	Centurion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Specialist Underwriting Management Company providing Personal Lines and Commercial Portfolio services to selected owner-operated independent brokers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: underwriting companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names underwriting companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of underwriting companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name underwriting companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Underwriting companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

27.0%Verified-email coverage

71.6Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

29.8%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 161 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among underwriting companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “underwriting companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names underwriting companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among underwriting companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,114 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Underwriting companies by metro

Underwriting companies in Johannesburg48

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names underwriting companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many underwriting companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 161 underwriting companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Hollard Insurance, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most underwriting companies?

Johannesburg leads with 48 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (13) and Pretoria (13).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,114 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 161 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.