Our origins date back to 1985 when Auto&General was launched in South Africa. Auto&General was the first insurance company in the world to employ paperless, computerised and scientific risk rating underwriting and to conduct business over the telephone using voice-recording systems during the sales, policy amendments and claims handling process.
Auto&General’s success in South Africa led to insurance operations being established in the UK, Australia, France, China and Singapore.
TIH was established in 1998 to house Auto&General and the South African interests of the Guernsey-based international financial services group, Budget Holdings Ltd. In South Africa, Budget Holdings Ltd is also responsible for The Saxon Boutique Hotel & Spa – named the World’s Leading Boutique Hotel since 2000; and Steyn City, a visionary residential and lifestyle estate in northern Johannesburg. Each business within the global group is operated on a fully independent basis, although benefitting from shared knowledge.
Today, TIH’s portfolio includes some of South Africa’s most loved and recognised insurance brands, stands out for its multi-brand, multi-product approach, and is recognised for delivering the most relevant solutions to its customers suited to their lives and the times they live in.
While each of the companies in TIH’s portfolio target different markets, they share the same ethos – to continuously find better ways to give its customers peace of mind. It’s a promise to provide peace of mind when disaster strikes and give back what disaster takes. A promise to be customer obsessed, and a promise to make South Africa a better place for all.
Our origins date back to 1985 when Auto&General was launched in South Africa.
Four decades on, we still have the fierce optimism of Day One.
We continue to unfollow convention and unlock opportunities to give peace of mind.
