Originally, this Company was a Branch of the South British insurance
Group/NZ incorporated in New Zealand in 1872. The Branch was opened
in Mombasa in 1940.
The Company Head Office was moved to Nairobi in 1960 and Mombasa
continued as a Branch. In 1980 the Company became locally incorporated
and changed its name to Shield of Kenya and later in 1989 to Fidelity
Shield Insurance Company Limited.