Metropolitan Life dates back to the late 19th century when it was called
African Home Trust and was primarily focused on assisting with the building of homes.
Today, the company is firmly established as a financial services provider and is
firmly established across Southern Africa. The Metropolitan Life insurance company
is mainly focused on providing financial services to the lower and middle income
market and the company is proud that the majority of its clients are black. It is
the largest financial services group doing this.
Metropolitan (often misspelled as Metropolitian Life) is based in Bellville, Cape
Town and has about 8,000 employees. The company boasts 72 branches in SA and across
the rest of Africa and about 1,500 brokers sell Metropolitan Life’s assurance products.
It is ranked in the top 3 life insurance groups in southern Africa in terms of clients
with well over 4 million lives insured in SA. It is ranked 4th in terms of market
capitalisation with six billion rand. Metropolitan Life is also a JSE Top 100 company.
The Metropolitan group is made up of 6 different operating businesses namely; retail,
asset management, corporate, health, international and card operations. Their product
range includes insurance policies for individuals, RA’s, medical aids, investments,
unit trusts, employee benefit packages and credit life benefits.
Should you wish to get in contact with Metropolitan Life, their details are as follows:
Tel: 0860 724 724
Fax: 021 940 6142
Namibia: 09 264 61 297 3000
Botswana: 09 267 39 577 61/88
Lesotho: 09 266 2232 3970
Email: info@metropolitan.co.za
Website: www.metropolitan.co.za
Head Office Address:
Metropolitan Head Office
Parc du Cap Complex
Mispel Road
Bellville
Cape Town
Postal Address:
Metropolitan Head Office
P O Box 2212
Bellville
7535
Metropolitan and variations of this name/trademark belong to Metropolitan Holdings
Limited and not to InsuranceHound.co.za.