Africa Specialty Risks

Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) is a developing-markets-focused (re)insurance group founded in 2020 by Mikir Shah in partnership with Helios Investment Partners. Headquartered in London with operations in Bermuda, Mauritius, Morocco and South Africa, ASR provides specialty insurance and reinsurance capacity across property, casualty, energy, political risk, trade credit, political violence, parametric and construction lines. It operates Lloyd's Syndicate 2454, the Baobab consortium, and an automated underwriting platform, ASR 24-7, to de-risk investment and drive sustainable economic development across Africa and the Middle East.