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Insurance in South Africa - Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2025

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  • 43 Pages
  • November 2021
  • Region: South Africa
  • MarketLine
  • ID: 5526594
Insurance in South Africa industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2016-20, and forecast to 2025). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights

  • The insurance market consists of the non-life and life insurance sectors. The value of the market is shown in terms of gross premium incomes.
  • The South African insurance market had total gross written premiums of $40.6bn in 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7% between 2016 and 2020.
  • The life insurance segment was the market's most lucrative in 2020, with total gross written premiums of $33.3bn, equivalent to 81.8% of the market's overall value.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic, which first took hold in South Africa in early 2020, has had a severe impact on the insurance market, with cuts to interest rates affecting insurance companies’ profits.

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 by both value and volume

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Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Category segmentation
1.4. Geography segmentation
1.5. Market share
1.6. Market rivalry
1.7. Competitive Landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Market share
7.2. Who are the leading players?
7.3. What strategies do leading players follow?
7.4. What has been the rationale behind recent M&A activity?
7.5. How has the COVID - 19 outbreak impacted the market?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. Santam Ltd
8.2. Hollard Insurance Group
8.3. Guardrisk Insurance Company Ltd
8.4. Old Mutual Ltd
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related Research
10.4. About The Publisher
List of Tables
Table 1: South Africa insurance market value: $ billion, 2016 - 20
Table 2: South Africa insurance market category segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 3: South Africa insurance market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2020
Table 4: South Africa insurance market value forecast: $ billion, 2020 - 25
Table 5: South Africa insurance market share: % share, by value, 2020
Table 6: Santam Ltd: key facts
Table 7: Santam Ltd: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 8: Santam Ltd: Key Employees
Table 9: Hollard Insurance Group: key facts
Table 10: Hollard Insurance Group: Key Employees
Table 11: Guardrisk Insurance Company Ltd: key facts
Table 12: Guardrisk Insurance Company Ltd: Key Employees
Table 13: Old Mutual Ltd: key facts
Table 14: Old Mutual Ltd: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 15: Old Mutual Ltd: Key Employees
Table 16: South Africa size of population (million), 2016 - 20
Table 17: South Africa gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016 - 20
Table 18: South Africa gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2016 - 20
Table 19: South Africa inflation, 2016 - 20
Table 20: South Africa consumer price index (absolute), 2016 - 20
Table 21: South Africa exchange rate, 2016 - 20
List of Figures
Figure 1: South Africa insurance market value: $ billion, 2016 - 20
Figure 2: South Africa insurance market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 3: South Africa insurance market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
Figure 4: South Africa insurance market value forecast: $ billion, 2020 - 25
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the insurance market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the insurance market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the insurance market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the insurance market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the insurance market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the insurance market in South Africa, 2020
Figure 11: South Africa insurance market share: % share, by value, 2020

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Santam Ltd
  • Hollard Insurance Group
  • Guardrisk Insurance Company Ltd
  • Old Mutual Ltd

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