TDB Captive Insurance Company (TCI) is a subsidiary of The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group) which provides credit and political risk insurance and reinsurance cover for TDB Group subsidiaries, thereby creating greater efficiencies in the group’s risk management
TDB Group formally launched the TCI in Ebene, Mauritius on 24 August 2022, following the inauguration of the Group’s Mauritius principal office and on the sidelines of TDB Group’s 38th Annual General Meeting.
The launch gathered more than 250 participants including TDB Group governors, directors and senior executives, senior-ranking officials and attendees from the Government of Mauritius and from the Mauritian business community, insurance companies and insurance brokers, among others.
The management and day-to-day operations of TCI are managed by the Captive Manager — Rogers Capital in collaboration with SWAN.
The services include insurance management, administration and secretarial, enterprise risk management, accounting, financial and anti-money laundering/combatting the financing of terrorism reporting.
The captive manager is also entrusted with maintaining quality, security and compliance standards for client information privacy and data protection, ensuring confidential, accurate, cost-effective and time-bound captive insurance solutions.
Admassu Tadesse, TDB Group president for Emeritus and managing director, told Captive Insurance Times: “TDB Group is thrilled to formally launch the TCI – our own insurance and re-insurance provider for the Group, via which, by sourcing and co-providing in-house coverage solutions for our subsidiaries, we will be able to achieve greater risk management efficiencies.
“So far, we have onboarded over US $200 million in policies and look forward to more, in view of anchoring our institution more solidly and being in a position to contribute to the sustainable development of the member states we serve on a triple bottom-line basis.”
Kabir Ruhee, CEO of Rogers Capital, adds: “We feel honoured and privileged to be associated with the TDB Group. Our collaboration has pioneered the structuring and implementation of TCI, a pivotal component of the Group’s risk management.
“Our solid partnership is a vibrant testimony to the breadth and depth of the value proposition of the Mauritius International Financial Centre.”
“Professionals of the Mauritius International Financial Centre (MIFC) like ourselves have demonstrated that we possess the right capabilities and savoir-faire to provide highly technical and expert captive services to sophisticated customers like TDB.
“As one of the leading players of the industry, we at Rogers Capital intend to do our share to further strengthen the MIFC’s international reach.”
“We are resolutely convinced that Mauritius is exceptionally well positioned to become the prime investment gateway to and from Africa.”
TDB and TCI
Established in 1985, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) is a multilateral, treaty-based, investment-grade development finance institution, with 41 sovereign and institutional shareholders and assets of US $8 billion. TDB serves 23 economies in its region, with the mandate to finance and foster trade, regional economic integration and sustainable development.
TCI is a part of the TDB Group which comprises TDB, the Trade and Development Fund (TDF), the Eastern and Southern African Trade Fund (ESATF) and the TDB Academy.
TCI provides risk insurance and reinsurance cover exclusively for TDB and TDB Group subsidiaries, thereby further creating efficiencies in the Group’s risk management.
Rogers Capital
Rogers Capital devises and implements solutions to an evolving marketplace, leveraging its deep industry insights in finance, its technology and its legacy as a corporate player to turn enterprise into a powerhouse.
Mauritius is a modern captive jurisdiction with a sophisticated legal framework through the Captive Insurance Act 2015 and more than 30 years of experience in the captive insurance sector.
You can find out more about Mauritius as a leading captive domicile in Captive Insurance Times’ Domicile Guidebook 2023.
