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Private Holdings & Advisory

Building and backing
specialty reinsurance
platforms.

A founder-led holding and advisory vehicle investing in and structuring regulated (re)insurance platforms across African and emerging markets.

How We Operate

Two fronts.
One discipline.

Vector Risk Group operates simultaneously as a founding equity investor and as a senior advisory practice — each reinforcing the other.

Front I

Equity Investor

We take founding and strategic equity positions in regulated (re)insurance platforms — contributing capital alongside underwriting expertise, regulatory know-how, and established market relationships.

Contribution
Capital + Expertise + Relationships
Stage
Founding & Strategic
Principles

Governance‑Led

Every position — equity or advisory — is underwritten by the same rigorous governance standards we expect of the platforms we back.

Alignment ScoreLong-term
Front II

Advisory Partner

Senior-level underwriting, facultative and treaty structuring, captive design, and reinsurance placement advisory.

Services
Geography

African & Emerging Markets

Deep relationships across 27+ African markets and familiarity with Mauritius FSC regulatory frameworks.

North AfricaSub-SaharanMauritiusGulf
Geographic Focus

Africa and the
emerging world.

The African reinsurance market remains underserved relative to its risk base — an asymmetry that creates durable opportunity for disciplined, well-connected capital.

$6B+
African Reinsurance Premium Volume
Growing at 8–12% annually
27+
Countries of Active Engagement
From Casablanca to Cape Town
15+
Years of Market Experience
Facultative, treaty & captive
3
Languages Spoken
Arabic · English · French
Facultative retrocessionTreaty structuringProtected-cell designCaptive architecturePML/SMP methodologyMauritius FSC regulationCross-border placementPortfolio optimisation
Leadership

The firm behind
the founder.

Ilyes Hassib, Founder and Principal of Vector Risk Group — bald man with beard seated in black leather chair
Founder & Principal
Ilyes Hassib

Reinsurance executive.
Emerging markets specialist.

Former CEO of SanlamAllianz Re — the captive reinsurer for Africa's largest non-banking financial institution. Two decades of experience spanning facultative retrocession, treaty structuring, and cross-border African market dynamics across 27 countries.

SanlamAllianz Re — Former CEO
Mauritius FSC Regulatory Expertise
International Broker Relationships
Trilingual: Arabic · English · French
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Get in Touch

Institutional enquiries welcome.

Whether you are exploring an equity partnership, seeking advisory on a (re)insurance structuring challenge, or evaluating a captive or protected-cell arrangement — we welcome a direct conversation.