Insurance in South Africa

Insurance in South Africa industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2011-15, and forecast to 2020). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the South Africa insurance market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

The insurance market consists of the non-life insurance sector and the life insurance sector. The value of the market is shown in terms of gross premium incomes.

The South African insurance market is expected to generate total gross written premiums of $55.6bn in 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.2% between 2011 and 2015.

The life insurance segment is expected to be the market's most lucrative in 2015, with total gross written premiums of $45.1bn, equivalent to 81.1% of the market's overall value.

Growth in gross written non-life premiums is largely being driven by an increase in premium rates, which have grown faster than the rate of inflation.

Scope

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the insurance market in South Africa

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the insurance market in South Africa

Leading company profiles reveal details of key insurance market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the South Africa insurance market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the South Africa economy

Reasons to buy

What was the size of the South Africa insurance market by value in 2015?

What will be the size of the South Africa insurance market in 2020?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South Africa insurance market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up South Africa's insurance market?

Companies mentioned

Liberty Holdings Limited, MMI Holdings Limited, Old Mutual Life Assurance Company, Santam Limited

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Category segmentation 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 8

Market value 8

Market Segmentation 9

Category segmentation 9

Geography segmentation 10

Market Outlook 11

Market value forecast 11

Five Forces Analysis 12

Summary 12

Buyer power 13

Supplier power 15

New entrants 17

Threat of substitutes 18

Degree of rivalry 19

Leading Companies 20

Liberty Holdings Limited 20

MMI Holdings Limited 23

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company 24

Santam Limited 27

Macroeconomic Indicators 30

Country Data 30

Methodology 32

Industry associations 33

Related MarketLine research 33

Appendix 34

About MarketLine 34

List of Tables

Table 1: South Africa insurance market value: $ billion, 201115(e)

Table 2: South Africa insurance market category segmentation: $ billion, 2015(e)

Table 3: South Africa insurance market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2015(e)

Table 4: South Africa insurance market value forecast: $ billion, 201520

Table 5: Liberty Holdings Limited: key facts

Table 6: Liberty Holdings Limited: key financials ($)

Table 7: Liberty Holdings Limited: key financials (ZAR)

Table 8: Liberty Holdings Limited: key financial ratios

Table 9: MMI Holdings Limited: key facts

Table 10: Old Mutual Life Assurance Company: key facts

Table 11: Old Mutual Life Assurance Company: key financials ($)

Table 12: Old Mutual Life Assurance Company: key financials (£)

Table 13: Old Mutual Life Assurance Company: key financial ratios

Table 14: Santam Limited: key facts

Table 15: Santam Limited: key financials ($)

Table 16: Santam Limited: key financials (ZAR)

Table 17: Santam Limited: key financial ratios

Table 18: South Africa size of population (million), 201115

Table 19: South Africa gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 201115

Table 20: South Africa gdp (current prices, $ billion), 201115

Table 21: South Africa inflation, 201115

Table 22: South Africa consumer price index (absolute), 201115

Table 23: South Africa exchange rate, 201115

List of Figures

Figure 1: South Africa insurance market value: $ billion, 201115(e)

Figure 2: South Africa insurance market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2015(e)

Figure 3: South Africa insurance market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2015(e)

Figure 4: South Africa insurance market value forecast: $ billion, 201520

Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the insurance market in South Africa, 2015

Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the insurance market in South Africa, 2015

Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the insurance market in South Africa, 2015

Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the insurance market in South Africa, 2015

Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the insurance market in South Africa, 2015

Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the insurance market in South Africa, 2015

Figure 11: Liberty Holdings Limited: revenues & profitability

Figure 12: Liberty Holdings Limited: assets & liabilities

Figure 13: Old Mutual Life Assurance Company: revenues & profitability

Figure 14: Old Mutual Life Assurance Company: assets & liabilities

Figure 15: Santam Limited: revenues & profitability

Figure 16: Santam Limited: assets & liabilities

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