Britam paid out KSh97.3 million in insurance claims in 2025, helping 402,681 farmers and pastoralists across East Africa recover from climate-related shocks as the insurer intensified efforts to build resilience against extreme weather events.
According to the company’s 2025 Sustainability Report, Britam expanded access to parametric insurance products that use satellite data and predefined weather thresholds to trigger payouts, enabling affected communities to receive support more quickly following droughts, erratic rainfall, and other climate-related disruptions.
Crop insurance coverage increased by 83 per cent, rising from 161,521 farmers in 2024 to 294,799 in 2025. During the year, the insurer paid KSh80.4 million in crop insurance claims, providing critical support to smallholder farmers grappling with increasingly unpredictable weather conditions.
Britam also insured 107,882 pastoralists across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania under its livestock insurance programme, settling KSh16.9 million in claims.
“Through inclusive, sustainable and innovative solutions, we are enabling recovery, stability and continued productivity even in the face of increasing climate uncertainty,” said Britam Group Managing Director and CEO Tom Gitogo.
Beyond insurance, the report highlights the firm’s broader sustainability initiatives. In October 2025, Britam commissioned a solar power system at Britam Tower, expected to generate 390,000 kWh of clean energy annually and meet more than half of the building’s electricity needs while reducing carbon emissions by 198 tonnes each year.
The Britam Foundation planted 86,000 trees in the Mt Elgon Water Tower, rehabilitated over 444 acres of degraded land and supported 1,358 green jobs, contributing to the group’s target of planting 60 million trees by 2030. To improve accountability and monitoring, the insurer launched the TAWI digital platform in May 2026 to coordinate and verify tree-planting activities.
The report also cited progress in healthcare, governance and social impact, including the enrolment of more than 3,300 mothers under the Lea Mama maternal health programme, KSh3.1 billion in tax contributions across seven African markets and zero reported corruption incidents during the year.