1969 | British American Insurance opens branch in Mauritius |
1990 | Insurance business locally incorporated. |
1992 | IPO of British American Insurance on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. |
1997 | Acquisition of The Mauritius Leasing Company Limited and British American Insurance in Kenya and Malta. |
1999 | Opening of British American Mortgage Finance House. |
2000 | Launch of Western Union, acquisition of First Brokers and Agritec Car Rental. |
2001 | - Acquisition of Budget Tours (now Solis Indian Ocean), News International and Ireko Design & Construction. - Opening of IDC (International Dealership Company) which represents SAAB in Mauritius. |
2003 | - British American Insurance’s peripheral investments streamlined and the Group restructured under a new holding company, British American Investment Co. (Mtius) Ltd. - British American Investment Co. (Mtius) Ltd replaces British American Insurance on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. - Merger of Malta operations with local company, Globe, into GlobalCapital plc, which is listed on the Malta Stock Exchange. - Opening of MarCom promotional agency. |
2004 | - Acquisition of Iframac, a leading local vehicle dealership. - IPO of Mauritius Leasing on Stock Exchange of Mauritius. - Opening of BATC, local representative of Malaysian Airlines. |
2005 | - Acquisition of Courts, the leading household goods retail chain in Mauritius and Madagascar. - BA Kenya acquires stake in Equity Bank (Kenya). - Launch of Bramer Asset Management. |
2006 | Joint venture signed with Apollo Hospitals Group (India) to build the Apollo Bramwell Hospital in Mauritius. |
2007 | - Banking licence granted in Mauritius. - Equity Bank and BA Kenya invest in Kenya Housing Finance Corporation. - IDC (International Dealership Company) gets exclusive representation of Princess Yachts in Mauritius. |
2008 | - Acquisition of South East Asian Bank (subsequently rebranded to Bramer Banking Corporation) in Mauritius. - Equity Bank (Kenya) acquires Microfinance Bank Ltd in Uganda. - British American Insurance Co. (Mtius) Ltd rebranded to BAI Co. (Mtius) Ltd. - Acquisition of ‘Agence Generale de Commerce Ltee’, the distributor of ‘Continental’ tyres. |
2009 | - Opening of Apollo Bramwell Nursing School. - Opening of Apollo Bramwell Hospital, a 200-bed tertiary care hospital. - The first Islamic Banking licence granted for Century Banking Corporation Ltd (formerly Deen Banking Corporation) in Mauritius. - Qatari investors buy 49% of Bramer Banking Corporation and 60% of Century Banking Corporation Ltd. |
2010 | - Introduction of first real estate leasing product in Mauritius - Launch of Bramer Global Trade Limited - Apollo Bramwell Hospital introduces stem cell therapy programme |
2011 | - BA Investment becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seaton Investment - Launch of Harley Davidson Mauritius - Construction of Bramer House in Ebène - BAI Kenya is listed on the Stock Exchange of Kenya |
2012 | - Mauritius Leasing amalgamated with Bramer Bank - Bramer Bank listed on Stock Exchange of Mauritius - Apollo Bramwell Hospital launches Harley Davidson emergency motorbikes - Courts amalgamated with Iframac |