Sanlam is a South African financial services group headquartered in Bellville, Western Cape, and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Namibian Stock Exchange and the A2X.
Established in 1918 as a life insurance company, Sanlam Group has developed over time into a diversified financial services business. Its five business clusters comprise Sanlam Personal Finance, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam Investments, Sanlam Corporate and Santam.
The group's areas of expertise include insurance (life and general), financial planning, retirement, annuities, trusts, wills, short-term insurance, asset management, risk management and capital market activities, investments and wealth. The group operates in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, India, Malaysia and the UK, and has business interests in the US, Australia, Burundi, Lesotho and the Philippines.
It's 2018 acquisition of SAHAM Finances has made it Africa's biggest non-banking financial services player and has given it exposure to Morocco, Angola, Algeria, Tunisia, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Cote D'lvoire, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.