The South African Insurance Association (SAIA) is pleased to announce the election of its Board of Directors following a virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Thursday, 13 August 2026.

The elected Directors are:

• Abraham Soul — Old Mutual Insure
• Robert Attwell — Discovery Insure Ltd
• Jacob Pieter Blignaut — Bryte Insurance Company Limited
• Lourens Botha — Guardrisk Insurance Company Limited
• Andrew Coutts — Hollard Insurance Company Limited
• Tavaziva Madzinga — Santam Limited
• Danie Matthee — OUTsurance Insurance
• Easvarie Naidoo — Lloyd’s Underwriters (SA) Limited
• Gideon Bochedi — Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation of Africa Limited
• Sharon Paterson — Infiniti Insurance Limited
• Antoinette Shand — Lombard Insurance Company Limited
• Walter Marte — Nedgroup Insurance Company Limited
• Thusang Mahlangu — Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty South Africa Ltd
• Carli Jacobs — Swiss Re Africa Limited
• Mohamed Motala — SCOR SE Africa Branch
• Linda Seroka — Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa SOC Ltd
• Shadrack Sivhugwana — ESCAP SOC Limited
• Mpumi Tyikwe — Sasria SOC Limited

SAIA congratulates the incoming Board of Directors and wishes them every success as they guide the Association in advancing the interests of South Africa’s non-life insurance industry.

The SAIA Annual Report 2025/26 has also been published and is available on the website. The report provides an overview of the Association’s activities, achievements and key developments during the year.