Mr Lawrence Mutsunge Nazare

Mr. Lawrence Mutsunge Nazare is a Non-Executive Director of Continental Reinsurance Limited. He is the Group Managing Director of Continental Reinsurance Holdings, a role he assumed in late 2024. He previously served as Group Managing Director of Continental Reinsurance Plc from 2021, having first joined the company in 2010 as Group Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer.

With over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry, Mr. Nazare has played a pivotal role in shaping the sector across Africa. Before joining Continental Re, he held senior leadership positions in Zimbabwe, including Managing Director of Intermarket Reinsurance and earlier roles with Zimbabwe Reinsurance Corporation.

He has also contributed to the industry through various leadership positions, notably as Chairman of the Organization of Eastern and Southern African Insurers (OESAI) from 2012 to 2015; Chairman of the Zimbabwe Association of Reinsurance Offices (2001–2004); Chairman of the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (2005–2008); and as a long-serving Executive Committee and Board Member of the East & Southern African Insurers & Reinsurers (2002–2018). He is also a member of the Institute of Directors, Nigeria.

Mr. Nazare holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons) degree and a post-graduate Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Zimbabwe and is an admitted Legal Practitioner. He is an Associate in Reinsurance of the Insurance Institute of America and an Associate of the Insurance Institute of South Africa.