Description Alexander Forbes provides a variety of financial planning and insurance-related services in South Africa and around the globe. The company provides investment management, retirement fund administration, benefits consulting, and personal financial planning. It also sells life, auto, and home insurance policies through its Alexander Forbes Insurance and Guardrisk divisions. Alexander Forbes serves businesses of all sizes, specialist groups, and individuals. The company operates in more than 20 countries but is primarily based in South Africa and in the UK, where it offers benefits consulting and pension management. The company, which is controlled by equity firm Actis, sold its insurance brokage unit in 2012.
Alexander Forbes has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 91 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alexander Forbes employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).
Overall, 72% of employees would recommend working at Alexander Forbes to a friend. This is based on 91 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
80% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Alexander Forbes as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Alexander Forbes.