Jürgen Hellweg

Chief Executive Officer, Western National Insurance

Jürgen Hellweg is Chief Executive Officer of Western National Insurance.

Western National Insurance is a short-term insurer that sells through brokers and underwriting managers, started in Namibia in 2004 and in South Africa since 2007. It was bought by PSG Financial Services in 2012 and is held alongside Santam.

In the job

  1. Western National was named best commercial product supplier of the year by members of the Financial Intermediaries Association of South Africa, having also won in 2022 and 2023. Source

Career before

  1. Insurance roles at Allianz in Namibia, South Africa and Germany, and at Guardrisk
  2. 2008Joined Western National Insurance

Education

Masters of Finance, University of Leicester; degrees from the University of Stellenbosch and the University of South Africa

Sources

  1. westnat.com
  2. westnat.com
  3. businessday.co.za
  4. fanews.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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