SIC INSURANCE PLC

SIC Insurance Plc. is one of the oldest non-life insurance companies in Ghana. It traces its roots to the year 1955, when the Gold Coast Insurance Company was established. It was renamed Ghana Insurance Company in 1957, when Ghana attained independence. In 1960, Ghana Insurance Company which was primarily a life assurance company, set up a subsidiary company Ghana General Insurance Company (Ghana General) to underwrite fire and motor businesses. The Government of Ghana in February 1962, per an Executive Instrument, took over the Ghana Cooperative Insurance Company and reconstituted it into the State Insurance Corporation to await the completion of takeover negotiations with Ghana Insurance Company and its subsidiary Ghana General. Subsequently after a successful takeover of the two private companies Ghana Insurance and Ghana General the new company, State Insurance Corporation, commenced business in November, 1962. In 1995, State Insurance Corporation was converted into a publi...