The MiWay success story continues with the insurance company receiving top honours in the prestigious Mail & Guardian Top Companies Reputation Index Awards on 26 September 2014. This latest accolade in the short-term insurance category, follows on the back of strong growth and profits posted for the first half of 2014.
MiWay entered the short-term insurance market in 2008 as a greenfields initiative and has grown its client base to over 220,000 with annualised premium income of R1.5bn. Despite this strong growth, the company is achieving loss ratios of below 60% and an impressive net underwriting margin of just over 26% in the first half of this year. The profit contribution to its parent company, Santam, was close to R50m for the same period.
Founder and CEO of MiWay, René Otto, says he is pleased with what MiWay has achieved in just over 6 years in a very competitive market. “Our goal is to build a world-class business. Receiving recognition like the M&G TCRI Award serves as encouragement that we are on the right track. The fact that we are a relatively young company, in a very competitive space, makes this award so much more pleasing. A company’s reputation is after all its most valuable asset.”
Over the last few years, MiWay has scooped numerous accolades including multiple awards in the Deloitte’s Best Company to Work for survey; and best short-term insurer in the Ask Afrika Orange Index Service Awards.
Otto continues to say, “It is easy to grow, but not so easy to grow profitably. If you add to the mix the challenge of building a strong reputation, the task becomes even more challenging. I believe our strong focus on our core company values, plays an important role in bringing these forces together.”
“I am confident that MiWay’s current book, which consists mainly of short-term personal lines business, can continue to grow profitably with a number of new growth initiatives planned for later this year and early 2015,” concludes Otto.
Additional Info:
MiWay is an Authorised Financial Services Provider (Licence no: 33970)
MiWay Insurance Limited (‘MiWay’)is a direct, short-term insurance company, offering customers a range of short-term insurance products including motor, household and homeowners insurance as well as add-on products such as warranty cover and liability cover. MiWay’;s shareholder is Santam, a blue-chip JSE-listed company.
Growth, profit and awards for MiWay
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