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Hollard Group is a privately owned insurance group based in South Africa that operates under two insurance licences: short term and life.The company was established in 1980 by Robert Enthoven, and the Enthoven family retains the majority share, locally through The Enthoven Family Trust (EFT) and internationally through Capricorn Ventures International (CVI).
Enthoven founded Hollard in 1980, and named it after Hollard Street in Johannesburg, which was where the stock exchange was based, "We thought it added just a little bit of respectability." [2] In 2011, his son Dick Enthoven succeeded him as chairman of Hollard Group. [2]
Adrian Enthoven was educated at Oxford University and is now the chairman of Hollard Group. Mariota Enthoven is married to Angus McIntosh and they run the Spier Biodynamic Farm. [1] Enthoven had a collection of 5,000 South African artworks. [1] Dick Enthoven died from cancer on 2 December 2022, at the age of 85. [3]
Liberty Life on a building in Sandton, South Africa. Liberty Holdings Limited is a South African financial services and property holding company that focuses on Insurance and Asset Management with registered head office in Johannesburg, South Africa at Liberty Centre, 1 Ameshoff St., Braamfontein.
Under the Real Insurance brand, Hollard issues and/or distributes bike, car, funeral, home and contents, life, pet, and travel insurance. [ 1 ] In 2008, Real Insurance was the first insurance company to offer pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) insurance in Australia, whereby the car insurance premium is reduced for drivers with low kilometres usage. [ 3 ]
One month later the South African Life Assurance Company was established as a full subsidiary of Santam to focus on life assurance while Santam remained focused on short-term insurance. [8] Santam is a subsidiary of South African financial services group Sanlam, which holds 62.3% of Santam’s shares.
He founded the Liberty Life Association of Africa in 1957 [4] out of which he formed Transatlantic Insurance Holdings, now Liberty International, in 1980. [4] He was behind the development of Sandton City, one of the most successful shopping centres in the world. [5]
Villa Arcadia is a mansion at 22 Oxford Road, Parktown, Johannesburg. It was built for Sir Lionel Phillips , one of the influential Randlords that dominated the early history of the city. Today it is one of the Parktown mansions that are preserved as part of the city's heritage.