Kenya Orient eyes busy vehicle owners with instant repair policy

Corporate News

Kenya Orient Company managing director Muema Muindi during the launch of Orient Xtense. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA 

By JAMES KARIUKI

In Summary

• Orient X-tense policyholders will have their motor vehicle breakdowns sorted out immediately with the launch of a new insurance policy.
• The policy targets professionals offering critical services such as doctors, supplies and security.

Kenya’s time-conscious professionals and astute traders will have their motor vehicle breakdowns sorted out immediately with the launch of a new insurance policy.

The new product ‘Orient X-tense’ seeks to ensure busy people with deadlines to beat and professionals on urgent assignments have reliable mobility options even in the event of a motor breakdown.

The policy, which is a product of Kenya Orient Company, targets professionals offering critical services such as doctors, supplies and security.

“Any doctor heading for a surgical theatre assignment should never be rendered unable to move even in the event that he suffers a motor vehicle breakdown,” said Kenya Orient managing director Muema Muindi.

“He only needs to call us so we can get him another vehicle while his car is being repaired at a dealers’ garage,” he said.

Mr Muindi said the product, which is a first in East Africa seeks to address the needs of a growing clientele whose businesses require regular physical presence in different locations and therefore need efficient mobility solution.

Customers applying for the new product can book motor insurance with any provider but proceed to buy Kenya Orient’s Xtense product.

The product protects vehicles against mechanical breakdown and electrical failure and is available for any vehicle that is less than 12 years old and has travelled less than 200,000 kilometres.

“We also require the same vehicle to be for personal use, say a corporate head’s vehicle or a personal vehicle of any engine capacity,” said Mr Muindi.

Mr Muindi said with the product, businesspeople and professionals would be more productive since the burden of maintaining their vehicles will be shouldered by an insurance company.

“This is another great innovation that will give car owners peace of mind with a guarantee of minimised future repair costs and significant savings,” he said.

The MD said that while new vehicles enjoyed up to two-year parts and mileage warranty, ‘Orient X-tense’ provides owners with an extended ‘warranty’.

Clients buying the new product will benefit from a current valuation report and a thorough motorvehicle checkup thereby ensuring that their vehicles enjoy all-round benefits.

Kenya Orient Insurance is a locally registered company with 17 branches and 179 employees with an annual turnover of about Sh2.5 billion.