Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited is a major Insurance group of East Africa.

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited
TypePublic Company
KN: LBTY
IndustryInsurance
Founded1964
Revenue KES: 8.30 billion (2014)[1]
KES: 1.15 billion (2014)
Total equity KES: 6.16 billion (2014)
WebsiteHomepage

Overview

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited is a member of the Liberty Holdings Limited, a Pan-African financial services company, with headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The group's headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The flagship company of the group is CFC Life, with headquarters in the CFC House along Mamlaka Road in Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city.

History

The group was founded in Kenya in 1964 as the Kenya American Insurance Company Limited as part of the AIG Group of companies. In 1987, the organization changed its name to American Life Insurance Company (Kenya) Limited – ALICO Kenya. CfC Bank holdings acquired ALICO Kenya in 2004 and changed its name to CfC Life Assurance Company Ltd. In 2008, CfC Bank holdings merged with Stanbic bank forming CFC Stanbic Bank Holding which was now a subsidiary of the Standard Bank Group.

In 2011, Liberty Holdings Limited became the strategic investor in CfC Life and Heritage with the listing of CfC Insurance Holdings on the Nairobi Securities Exchange through introduction.[3] This was a form of demerger from CFC Stanbic Holdings which separated the banking and insurance business of the group.[4] Existing CFC Stanbic Holdings Shareholders were allocated shares in the newly-listed company.[5] This was the first company spin-off on the NSE

In 2012, The company changed its name from CFC Insurance Holdings to Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited [6] to align the group to the Liberty Group corporate brand.

In 2014, Liberty Kenya Holdings made history again by being the first listed firm in Kenya to have a scrip issue.[7] This was a cash-retention strategy by the firm. The group announced that its life insurance subsidiary, CfC Life Assurance Company was re-branding to Liberty Life Assurance Kenya Limited with effect from 28 October 2014.[8]

Principal subsidiaries

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited consists of the following companies:[1]

  1. Liberty Life Assurance Kenya Limited - Life insurance - Nairobi, Kenya 100% Shareholding - A Insurance company in Kenya offering long term life insurance and assurance services. This is the flagship company of the group.
  2. Heritage Insurance Company Kenya Limited - General insurance - Nairobi, Kenya 100% Shareholding - A Insurance company in Kenya offering short-term and general insurance services.[9]
  3. Heritage Insurance Company of Tanzania - General insurance - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 60% - A Insurance company in Tanzania offering short-term and general insurance services. This entity is held by the group through Heritage Insurance Company Kenya Limited.
  4. CfC Investments Limited - Investments - Nairobi, Kenya 100% Shareholding - Offers investment services.
  5. Azali Limited - Dormant - Nairobi, Kenya 100% Shareholding - This entity is held by the group through Heritage Insurance Company Kenya Limited.

The group has one associate company which is:[1]

  • Strategis Insurance Tanzania Limited - General insurance - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 43% - An Insurance company in Tanzania offering corporate and group medical insurance services. This entity is held by the group through Heritage Insurance Company Tanzania Limited. On May 1, 2014, the group announced that it was in talks with its co-investors in Strategis that could see the Group take a majority stake or acquire all of Strategis’ shares.[10]

Ownership

The shares of Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited are listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), where they trade under the symbol CFCI. The shareholding of Liberty Kenya Holdings is as follows:[11]

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited Stock Ownership
RankName of OwnerPercentage Ownership
1Liberty Holdings Limited57.74
2African Liaison and Consultants Services Limited15.35
3Others via Nairobi Securities Exchange26.91
Total100.00

Governance

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited is governed by a five-person Board of Directors with Philip Odera as the chairperson an Mike du Toit as the Managing Director.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Liberty Kenya Holdings 2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Liberty Kenya Holdings. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. Liberty Kenya Group Structure
  3. "History of Liberty Holdings". Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  4. CFC insurance shares trade at NSE
  5. "CIH shares rise 127 p.c. on debut". Business Daily. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. "CFC Holdings Shareholders Approve Name Change | Abacus Online Investing". Abacus Online Investing. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  7. "Liberty offers investors rare option of cash or bonus shares". Business Daily. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  8. "CFC Life to rebrand, change logo". Business Daily. Nation Media Group. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  9. "The Heritage Insurance Company Kenya Ltd | Delivery beyond the promise". www.heritageinsurance.co.ke. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  10. "Liberty eyes buyout of Tanzania insurance company". Business Daily. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  11. "Downloads | Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited (LKHL)" (PDF). www.libertykenya.co.ke. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  12. "Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited → Board of Directors". Liberty Kenya 2014. Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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