Minet Kenya, is celebrating its 75th anniversary of delivering risk, reinsurance, and human capital solutions to the African Continent and five years following its rebranding. Minet Kenya is an affiliate of Africa’s leading African Risk Management Group.
In Kenya, Minet launched the Minet MPESA Mini app – first of its kind – covering motor, home, and property insurance solutions for both its new and existing clients. This was designed with convenience in mind allowing clients to purchase their motor policy online, receive the motor insurance certificate in real-time, home insurance, and property policies and place claims at the touch of a button. Minet Kenya remains committed to exploring new frontiers in digital technology to facilitate access to innovative insurance solutions to clients, as they seek to secure Africa’s future.
Minet Kenya also manages the largest medical scheme in Sub-Saharan Africa; the teacher’s medical scheme, taking care of over one million teachers and their dependents for the last seven years and counting. Additionally, they have developed digital assets that support teachers to access self-service through their mobile phones while utilizing the medical insurance.
They also run a bespoke wellness program that is unmatched in the industry that has transformed the lives of over 10,000 Kenyans who have signed up for the program.
Minet Group CEO Joe Onsando said, “It is heart-warming to see our group, a truly Pan-African player with a diverse African footprint, owned and led by Africans, being in a position to celebrate a legacy spanning 75 years on the continent. This is an affirmation of the tireless efforts our team has put into building and growing the company into Africa’s number one leading risk advisory firm whilst also ensuring the health and livelihoods of millions of people across the African continent is insured.”
Elaborating on the growth of the Group, Onsando explained that in 1997, the leading global professional services firm Aon, as part of their global expansion strategy, acquired JH Minet’s African operations and changed the company name to Aon. 2017 saw private equity firm Capitalworks, alongside management, acquire Aon’s shareholding in several African operations and the reinstatement of the brand name Minet in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, and Zambia. This change also saw the signing of a Global Network Correspondent Agreement with Aon, ensuring the company continued to service Aon’s multinational clients in Africa. Subsequently Tanzania, Mozambique (Minseg) and Botswana have been added to the Minet Group stable.