Swiss Re will open an underwriting office in Ivory Coast , following approval by the Inter - African Conference of Insurance Markets ( CIMA ) . The Abidjan office will be run by the insurance company ’s South Africa director , Awa Kone . The new office represents part of a wider market presence strategy from Swiss Re, and follows the re-domiciling of its Southern African P&C business to South Africa and the creation of Swiss Re Africa in 2018. The company said the opening , scheduled for 2019 , would expand reinsurance opportunities in the CIMA region and offer greater access to its research and technical expertise . Swiss Re Africa was created in 2018 when the company ’s Southern African P&C operation was re - domiciled to South Africa .
Swiss Re will open an underwriting office in Ivory Coast , following approval by the Inter - African Conference of Insurance Markets ( CIMA ) . The Abidjan office will be run by the insurance company ’s South Africa director , Awa Kone . The company said the opening , scheduled for 2019 , would expand reinsurance opportunities in the CIMA region and offer greater access to its research and technical expertise . Swiss Re Africa was created in 2018 when the company ’s Southern African P&C operation was re - domiciled to South Africa .