Sanlam Limited provides various financial solutions to individual, business, and institutional clients in South Africa, rest of Africa, and internationally.

The company operates through Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam Investment Group, and Santam segments.

It offers life, disability, severe illness, income protection, funeral, credit life, health, short-term, medical, and group risk benefits, business debt, commercial insurance products; reinsurance products; financial planning and retirement, personal motor and property, solutions; investment products; wealth, and professionals and graduates insurance services; and personal and home loans, and credit cards.

The company also provides payment and debit cards order collection, corporate credit, debt and equity structuring, business advice, risk management, and employee health and retirement plans for small and medium businesses, and self-employed professionals.

The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Bellville, South Africa.