Brawne Protect advises individuals, families and businesses on long-term insurance, retirement planning and investments. We protect what you have built, grow what comes next and keep the cost of doing so as low as we can.
We are an independent intermediary, so our advice starts with your goals: security for your family, income if you cannot work, a retirement you can afford and investments that build wealth over time. Short-term cover is available where it completes the picture.
All cover is subject to the policy terms and conditions. Benefits, waiting periods and exclusions are set out in your policy documents.
Market insights
What is moving markets.
A plain-language read of global, African and South African markets for investors. Latest: week to 21 October 2026.
South Africa
The budget update cut 2026 growth to 1.2%, lifted revenue by R17.1 billion and showed debt stabilising at 78.4% of GDP. Inflation is 4.5% and the repo rate is 7.25%.
Global
Brent near $110, US 10-year yields above 5% and a correction in AI shares set the tone. France’s unrest unsettled Europe.
Africa
Kenya’s PMI is back in expansion, Egypt is contracting and Ethiopia joined the PAPSS payment network.
Simple for you, from first call to long-term plan.
Tell us what matters
Leave your name and number and an adviser will phone you at a time that suits you.
We review your position
We look at what you have, what you need and what it costs, and explain the options in plain language.
You decide
You get our recommendation in writing. Take the time you need. There is no pressure to decide on the call.
We stay with you
We review your cover and investments as your life changes, and your adviser helps you with questions and claims.
Why Brawne Protect
What we stand for.
Our aim is to lower the cost of long-term financial products and bring them to people and businesses across Africa that financial services have left out. These values guide how we do it.
Integrity
We are honest in every dealing, and we do the right thing even when it is the harder path.
Significance
We want our work to make a lasting, practical difference for people who have been left out of financial services.
Respect
We earn respect through good products and good service, delivered every day.
Courage
We question the way things have always been done, so that change reaches the grass roots.
Sincerity
We keep our promises, and we build a track record you can check.
Leadership
Meet the leadership of Brawne Protect.
Chief Executive Officer and Key Individual
Naresh Ashok
Naresh leads Brawne Protect. He has more than 30 years of experience across banking, asset management, treasury and regulatory compliance. He is an appointed Key Individual under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) for a number of licensed financial services providers, and a non-executive director of a JSE-listed mining group.
He holds a Master of Business Leadership and a BCom in Informatics, and has passed the regulatory examinations required of key individuals and representatives.
Chief Operating and Finance Officer
Louis Jordaan
Louis is a Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)) with more than 25 years leading finance for financial institutions and growth businesses across Africa and Europe.
He has been group finance head of a life, banking and asset-management group in Southern Africa, led finance, risk and actuarial for a life and general insurer in West Africa, served as chief financial and operating officer of an investment banking and corporate finance group, and ran finance, treasury and risk across a global bank's African operations. Today he is a fractional CFO to growth businesses and Lead Independent Director of a JSE-listed mining group, where he chairs the Audit and Remuneration committees.
Compliance and licensing
Who we are, and who we are not.
Company details
Company
Brawne Protect (Pty) Ltd
Registration number
2019/433770/07
FSP licence number
51198
Licensed since
December 2020, as a financial services provider under section 8 of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (Act 37 of 2002)
Licensed services
Long-term insurance, retirement benefits and investment advice, and short-term insurance
Compliance officer
National Compliance
What this means for you
Brawne Protect is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 51198) and acts as an intermediary. Insurance cover is provided by the insurer named in your policy schedule and is subject to the policy terms and conditions.
Complaints
Tell us in writing at info@brawne.co.za and we will deal with it under our complaints policy. If we cannot resolve it, you may take it to the FAIS Ombud or the National Financial Ombud Scheme.
