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VOX Africa Brokers

Vox Africa Brokers Solving Reinsurance needs with Professional solutions

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About Us

Vox Africa Brokers is a reinsurance broker dedicated to serving our African clients.

 

We understand that every client is unique, with diverse needs and operates within a complex African market. 

 

By providing a comprehensive range of reinsurance services, and working closely with our clients, we deliver bespoke solutions to our clients that help them optimize their risk management strategies. 

 

In association with Vox Specialist Insurance Brokers Limited, our Lloyds registered broker, we have direct access to Lloyds and other global reinsurance markets to complement our African services offering.

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Our Mission

VOX Africa will deliver tailored reinsurance solutions through efficient service and access to local and global reinsurance markets. 

Our Partners

Vox Africa Brokers is strategically aligned with VOX Specialist Insurance Brokers, a sibling company within the Lloyd’s network. This partnership allows us to feed business to Vox Specialist Insurance Brokers, leveraging their extensive expertise and resources to enhance the services we provide to our clients.

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Our Services

Facultative reinsurance provides tailored coverage for individual risks, offering flexibility and precision in addressing complex or high-value exposures. Our expert brokers work closely with underwriters to ensure that each policy meets the specific needs of our clients, whether they are dealing with one-off risks or require specialized coverages.

  • Property – Commercial/Corporate and Personal Lines: 

  • Engineering- Contract Works/Advance Loss of Profits / CAR/EAR Plant All Risks

  • Marine – Marine Goods in Transit / Marine Cargo and Stock Throughout Excess of Loss capacity 

  • General Liability 

  • Professional Indemnity – Commercial Crime 

  • Directors and Officers Liability

  • Credit and Bonds

  •  Agriculture

  •  Political Violence and Terrorism

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Our treaty reinsurance services:- 

​Our treaty reinsurance services are built around providing reliable, long-term protection across multiple policies and portfolios. By offering reinsurance treaties, we help insurance companies spread risk, stabilise their financial performance, and improve their capacity to underwrite new policies. Our treaty solutions cover a broad spectrum of short-term insurance classes, ensuring that clients benefit from sustained, consistent protection.

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Meet Our Board

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Charmaine Sneyd
CEO

Charmaine Sneyd is the Chief Executive Officer of Vox Africa Brokers, with over 34 years of experience in the South African reinsurance broker market.

 
Before joining Vox Charmaine successfully ran her own reinsurance brokerage, where she was instrumental in driving growth and establishing long-term partnerships. Charmaine has also held senior roles at Guy Carpenter.

Under her leadership at Vox  Charmaine continues to drive innovation, foster strategic relationships, and deliver value to clients. 

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Jonathon Lane
Non Executive director

Jonothan has 20 years’ experience in the global insurance markets, gained across a wide spectrum of businesses including a number of boards of London Market Brokers.

 

Having worked and lived in the US, UK and Bermuda he brings a unique perspective to the global (re)insurance market.

Having seen the market from the inside, it was this insight which drove him to launch Abimar Brokers in 2020 ensuring that there is a better more aligned way to do business in the international insurance markets.

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Lisa Du Plessis
Chair

Lisa has close to 20 year's insurance experience. She is a CA(SA), BComm specialising in Financial Accounting, Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting. Prior to joining Sapphire as Group CFO, Lisa served as a director at Stalker Hutchinson Admiral, and at Santam where she managed the niche Financial Shared Services arena. Lisa has been involved in the oversight of various functions including finance, risk management, internal audit and now carries additional responsibilities within the operational environment.

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Bernie Ray
Non Executive Director

After being admitted as an Attorney of the High Court in 1982 Bernie practiced law in private practice before joining the insurance industry as a senior legal advisor in the mid 1990s. This was followed by executive management roles at a leading insurance software developer and insurance administration company as well as at an underwriting manager. In the early 2000s he joined Emerald Risk Transfer, first in a legal role and later in an executive position. In 2013 he succeeded Gary Corke as CEO at Emerald Risk Transfer, and in 2015 was likewise the recipient of the Sanlam CEO award. Bernie currently holds the position of International Executive at Sapphire Risk Transfer. 

Contact

For more information about our services or to discuss how we can support your business, please contact us today.

Johannesburg South Africa

Our Vision

VOX Africa aspires to be the preferred reinsurance broker to African Insurers looking for access to local and global reinsurance markets. 

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