Our business

Kayser Baird was founded in 1986 and is one of South Africa’s largest independent short-term insurance brokers. We offer services throughout South Africa from our head office in Durban, KZN, and our regional offices in Cape Town, WC.

Kayser Baird has over 10 000 personal and business clients across South Africa, which gives us all of the capabilities of the largest multi-national brokers but still enables us to deliver our service to our clients in a focused and unique way. We have built our reputation on accuracy, diligence, and uncompromising standards of service delivery. We have strategic partnerships with all of the leading South African insurers, including Santam, Hollard, Old Mutual and Guardrisk, and have binder agreements in place with these insurers. Our close strategic partnerships and strong track record of underwriting profitability with our insurance partners give us a leading advantage in a highly competitive industry. In addition, we deal also with over 50 other insurance companies for products ranging from aviation, construction, and engineering to specialist liabilities for various professionals. Kayser Baird is an independent South African company with an innovative and energetic approach to doing business. Contact us to find out more about our unique approach to Personal and Business insurance.

What we do

Short-Term Insurance has been our exclusive focus at Kayser Baird for over 37 years. Our Brand Promise to our clients and business partners is to meet and exceed your expectations and to provide accuracy, attention to detail and service excellence across every area of our business.

We differentiate ourselves from other insurance providers by being vastly unique at each and every contact point that we have with all internal and external stakeholders. Our exceptional attention to detail is embedded in our culture and has allowed us to differentiate ourselves not just on pricing competitiveness, but also on our quality of service.

Our mission

Our Mission is to provide financial security and certainty to our clients through the provision of short-term insurance products. We provide the best insurance products from the leading insurance companies at enhanced service standards and pricing competitiveness. We also ensure a happy and fulfilling work environment for our employees. Our people feel proud to work for an organization with such high standards. We attract and retain only the best to ensure that we can deliver on our commitment to provide uncompromising service standards. Contact us to find out what we can do for you!

Directions to Cape Town Office :

If you are coming from Cape Town CBD on the N1, take the Willie Van Schoor/Durban Road turn-off and then turn left at the intersection. When you get to Bill Bezuidenhout Avenue turn left, then carry on straight until you get to Carl Cronje Drive.

Turn right at the intersection and then immediately left into the Avanti Tower Office Block.

If you are coming from Paarl on the N1, take the Willie Van Schoor/Durban Road turn-off and then turn right at the intersection. When you get to Bill Bezuidenhout Avenue turn left, then carry on straight until you get to Carl Cronje Drive.

Turn right at the intersection and then immediately left into the Avanti Tower Office Block.

Directions to Durban Office:

If you are coming from Durban go up fields hill, past the Kloof Village Rd turn-off and then take the Abrey Road turn-off (exit 24) as if you are going to the Kloof Golf Course. When you get to the top of the glide-off turn left, left again into Lyngarth and when you get to the T-Junction at Abrey Road you will see our building on your left hand side.

Coming from Pmb / Hillcrest take the Abrey Road turn-off (exit 24), turn right over the M13 and turn left in Lyngarth. At the T-Junction at Abrey Road you will see our building on your left hand side.