RAND Merchant Insurance (RMI) will be renamed Rand Merchant Investment Holdings and will trade under the new name on the JSE with effect from Monday next week.This is in line with its updated strategy to invest in the broader financial services sector and beyond the insurance industry. The Rand Merchant Insurance entity was listed in 2011 after Rand Merchant Bank Holdings (RMBH) restructured to create separate entities in banking and insurance. In that process, FirstRand became a pure banking play after unbundling insurance assets. In that restructuring MMI, Discovery, OUTSurance and RMB Structured Insurance were placed under the Rand Merchant Insurance stable.Since listing as an insurance-focused investment holding company, the Rand Merchant Insurance share price has moved from a low of about R10.63 in 2011 to about R35.In 2013, the company crafted a new strategy that would see it diversify beyond insurance holdings in order to add more value for shareholders. As part of its plans ...
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