Who owns Old Mutual?
Old Mutual is owned by Old Mutual Limited (South Africa).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Old Mutual Limited Integrated Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Old Mutual Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Founded
- 1845
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Insurance › Life & health insurance
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Old Mutual
Old Mutual is the group brand and the name of its Life and Savings cluster, formed in 2025 by combining four core business units. The 2025 integrated report says the group started in 1845 as a single insurer in Cape Town and demutualised in 1999.
Ownership timeline of Old Mutual
- Current owner Old Mutual [1] reported
Where Old Mutual sits in Old Mutual
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Old Mutual
Old Mutual controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
Other brands in life & health insurance, and who owns them
The 33 brands in life & health insurance on Brandtree belong to 19 owners. The largest is Nippon Life, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| LIC | LIC of India | 🇮🇳 India |
| Hanasaku Life Insurance | Nippon Life | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Meiji Yasuda | Meiji Yasuda | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Assupol | Sanlam | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Elips Life | Swiss Re | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| American Income Life | Globe Life | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Singlife | Sumitomo Life | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| CNP Assurances | CNP Assurances | 🇫🇷 France |
About the owner: Old Mutual
Old Mutual is a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa, founded in 1845. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control.
Old Mutual Limited is a pan-African financial services group whose 2025 integrated report says it began in 1845 as a single insurer in Cape Town and is now listed on five stock exchanges. The report says it was reorganised in 2025 into five clusters: Old Mutual Life and Savings, Old Mutual Banking, Old Mutual Investments, Old Mutual Insure and Old Mutual Africa Regions. It also reports that it launched OM Bank in 2025 and announced a R2.2 billion purchase of a majority stake in 10X Investments; the report gives a second-quarter 2026 completion date but is inconsistent on whether the deal had closed.
🇿🇦 Old Mutual and other South African brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Old Mutual is not one of them.
- Assupol — Sanlam 🇿🇦
- Discovery Insure — Discovery 🇿🇦
- Flash — Pepkor 🇿🇦
- Santam Agriculture — Santam 🇿🇦
- @home — TFG 🇿🇦
- Airlink — Airlink 🇿🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Old Mutual?
The parent company of Old Mutual is Old Mutual Limited, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa.
Is Old Mutual South African?
Yes. Old Mutual originated in South Africa in 1845 and its owner, Old Mutual Limited, is also headquartered in South Africa.
Is Old Mutual still owned by Old Mutual Limited?
Yes. As of 13 October 2026, Old Mutual is still owned by Old Mutual Limited. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Old Mutual Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Old Mutual Limited, Annual report; retrieved 13 October 2026.
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