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African Risk & Insurance Services Ltd is a multinational risk advisor, insurance brokerage and reinsurance brokerage company with its headquarters in Dar es Salaam. It is the country's largest insurance broker when measured by revenues for 9 years straight - 2004 to 2013. ARIS has offices in Tanzania (Dar-es-Salaam and Arusha), Kenya (Nairobi) and Uganda (Kampala) and around 100 employees.

ARIS acts as an intermediary between its clients and insurance carriers, advising its clients on risk management requirements, helping them determine the best way to manage risk, and negotiating and placing insurance risk with insurance carriers. It has major clients in the aviation, marine, construction, food processing, banking and energy industries.

History
The company was founded by Sanjay Suchak in 1998, and initially operated as Halifax Insurance Agency.

In 2014, ARIS acquired Balaji Insurance Ltd., one of the leading insurance and risk management intermediaries in Uganda and started greenfield operations in Kenya, thus boosting its East African presence. ARIS entered into a joint venture with Actos Seguros Limitada in Mozambique.

Operations
ARIS has offices in Dar-es-Salaam and Arusha cities of Tanzania, Nairobi in Kenya and Kampala in Uganda.