Our Broking Team
Shiamdass Appannah
Chief Executive Officer

After majoring in risk management with an MBA from City University Business School, U.K., Shiamdass has held Senior Management positions in the reinsurance industry in Africa for over 30 years.

He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Email:   sappannah@reinsurance.mu
Bharuth (Shashi) Ramdany
Area Manager – Mauritius

Shashi (Bharuth) holds a BSc (Hons) in Maritime Business with Maritime Law at University of Plymouth, Institute of Marine Studies, U.K and, was up to April 2008, the Marine Specialist for Africa at Munich Re, after which he spent a brief spell in the direct market before joining our team as Area Manager, and Marine Specialist.

He oversees our Mauritius operations and is also our DFA technician.

Email:   sramdany@reinsurance.mu
Wilberforce Machimbidzofa
Area Manager - International

Wilberforce is also our Treaty Specialist
Wilberforce did an MBA at ESAMI University, after a law degree at the University of Zimbabwe, and has over 20 years of experience in Reinsurance at senior level. 

Email:   Wilberforce@reinsurance.mu
Arvin Appanah
Broker

Arvin holds a BSc in Actuarial Science from University of ANU (Australian National University), and has several years experience in Life and Pensions direct Underwriting. Arvin recently joined our dynamic broking team, and is also our Life and Pensions Specialist. 

Email:   aappanah@reinsurance.mu
Francesca Ruggoo
Broker

Francesca holds a BA (Hons) Law & Management and had a few years experience in Property insurance in the direct market before joining us recently. She is our Property insurance specialist.

Email:   fruggoo@reinsurance.mu
Rishi Hemraj
Broker

Rishi has a BSc (Hons) in Management with Marketing as core subject, and ACCA. He has over 6 years experience in the broking and accounting sector both in Mauritius and London.

Email:   rhemraj@reinsurance.mu
Petra Valentova
Broker (International) and Special Projects Executive

Petra holds 2 Master degrees from the Czech Republic and the (Cert CII) from the Chartered Insurance Institute.

She has several years experience in reinsurance and risk management in Europe.
Petra is in charge of our international Facultative accounts, actively negotiating the best terms for our clients, and is also involved in handling the Treaty accounts.

Email:   pvalentova@reinsurance.mu
Sunaina Jankeepersand
Broking Assistant

Sunaina has a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Finance from the University of Mauritius, and joined us in a broker support capacity.

Email:   sjankeepersand@reinsurance.mu
Danisha Narainen
Broking Assistant

Danisha is a graduate in Banking and International Finance from the University of Technology Mauritius, and had some experience in the Banking industry before joining us.
CLAIMS
Esha Boodoo - CERT CII
Claims Officer

Esha has a BSc Hons in Management with Finance at University of Mauritius, and is responsible for handling claims services.

Email:   eboodoo@reinsurance.mu
Accounts
(1) Selvina Vyapooree, Dip Banking and Finance - svyapooree@reinsurance.mu

(2) Wassim Yadally, BSc (Hons) Finance with Law - wyadally@reinsurance.mu

(3) Neetish Beeharry, BSc (Hons) Finance with Law - nbeeharry@reinsurance.mu