Sanlam Insurance Company (Sanlam) South Africa's leading financial insurance company, founded in 1918 and headquartered in Belleville, near Cape Town, originally focused on life insurance, but now includes personal, group and short-term insurance, personal financial services such as estate planning, trusts, family and personal loans, savings and related products, investments, asset management, property asset management, securities brokerage, risk management and capital markets operations.