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Britam readies for marine insurance business with portal

Benson Wairegi, Britam Group Managing Director. Britam Holdings has launched an online portal for quicker service to its customers ahead of next month’s roll-out of marine insurance by local firms. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Britam Holdings has launched an online portal for quicker service to its customers ahead of next month’s roll-out of marine insurance by local firms.

Through the portal, the insurer hopes to tap into the Sh23 billion marine business that now requires importers to take insurance exclusively with local underwriters. Britam Holdings Principal Executive Director Stephen Wandera said the firm will ride on its wide distribution and intermediary network to cement its position in marine underwriting.

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