About Us

Tax Risk Underwriting Managers (Pty) Ltd are the specialists in the underwriting and administration of Tax Risk Insurance products. With more than a decade of experience, we are the undisputed industry leaders in this category, offering top-rated solutions for individuals, businesses, and trusts. Our commitment is to provide exceptional value and service excellence to our policyholders, supported by some of South Africa's most respected tax and insurance experts.

Meet the leadership team


Peter de Smidt - Chairman
BSc Eng, BCom Economics (Hon), MBA, AMP

After many years serving as an executive director of insurance companies, including The Hollard Insurance Company, Hollard Life, Hollard Commercial and General, Lombard Insurance, and Infiniti Insurance, Peter now dedicates his efforts to developing specialist insurance underwriters. His extensive experience in insurance, combined with his early careers in engineering and merchant banking, has given Peter a unique set of skills and perspective. Peter also serves on the board of Welgevonden Game Reserve and Logwood Village.

Willem Lombaard - Managing Director
MBL, BA Communications

Willem is an insurance professional with extensive experience in managing insurance businesses in South Africa. He's held directors and management positions at various insurance businesses, including Qdos Underwriting Managers, PinnAfrica Life and Insurance Company, the Hollard Insurance Company and Prestasi Brokers . Willem also served a term on the Board of the South African Insurance Association. With his vast expertise in managing insurance businesses, Willem brings a unique perspective to the execution of Tax Risk Underwriting Managers' sustainable growth strategies.

Clive Noland - Director
CA (SA), BCom (Hon) Information Technology

Clive is the founding chairperson of Nolands International and Nolands SA, an auditing firm with branches nationally and internationally. Clive gained extensive experience through his involvement as an executive and non-executive director in several local and international listed and unlisted companies. He was a founder member of the successful SA Prime Property Fund in South Africa and in Germany, and was involved in several closed-end Hotel Property funds. He was instrumental in obtaining the Master franchise for Radisson Hotels in the SADEC region and served as CEO of the group until sold to a listed company.

Prof Walter Geach - Director
CA (SA), BA LLB, M Com, FCIS

Walter is an admitted advocate of the High Court and a Professor in the Department of Accounting at the UWC and subject head of Taxation. He is a Fellow of the UKZN and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries. He served as a senior professor at the UKZN Graduate School of Business on the MBA programme. Walter is a non-executive director of Grindrod and Grindrod Bank. He is also a non-executive director of GPI Ltd and a member of the audit committee. Walter has authored and co-authored over 14 books published by Oxford University Press, Juta and Lexis Nexis. The books are extensively used in practice by accountants, consultants, lawyers and financial planners, and deal with subjects such as company law, corporate governance, financial accounting, taxation, financial planning and trusts.

Advisory Committee

Dr Daniel Erasmus
BA, BProc, H. Dip Tax, Ph.D

Daniel is an international tax attorney, adjunct Professor of International Tax Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, and Professor of their African associated www.TheIITF.net. He is a US enrolled agent, a US Tax Court Practitioner, and widely recognised for his work in tax risk management, domestic and international tax of multi-national organisations, and transfer pricing. He has published and co-authored several tax books, as well as a doctoral thesis, ‘Information gathering power of SARS and audits & the Constitution’.

Schalk Pieterse
BCom, LLB, Adv Dip Tax

Schalk is the co-founder and Managing Director of Pieterse | Sellner | Erasmus TRM Tax Attorneys. He guides a top team of tax attorneys and professionals, and is especially well-equipped to deal with administrative law, constitutional law and tax law provisions and statutes. He is a practising tax attorney who specialises in tax dispute resolution, Tax Board and Tax Court representation, tax debt management and negotiations, and general tax law advice and restructuring. He is co-authoring a book on the Tax Administration Act together with Dr Daniel Erasmus. He also lectures in tax law at the Institute of Tax and Finance and is completing his Doctorate in Tax and Constitutional law at Nelson Mandela University.

A brief history

Tax Risk Insurance was established in the United Kingdom more than 30 years ago, and was introduced to the South African market in the early 2010's by local specialists Qdos- and Tax Radar Underwriting Managers. In 2014, Qdos and Tax Radar merged giving rise to Tax Risk Underwriting Managers, combining the skills and experience of both these market leaders.

Tax Risk Underwriting Managers’ products are underwritten by Bryte Insurance Company - one of South Africa’s most respected insurers and a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited based in Toronto, Canada - giving our clients 100% assurance that we have the required technical expertise and global financial backing.

We are the only specialist tax risk insurance provider in South Africa. We fundamentally understand the risks companies, individuals and trusts face when dealing with SARS tax audits and related disputes. Our team has extensive industry knowledge and technical expertise in tax legislation and regulation, and is passionate about finding ways to solve our policyholders' tax audit and related dispute problems - so they can focus on building their businesses.

Tax Risk Underwriting Managers is an authorised financial service provider, providing effective insurance protection in the event of a SARS tax audit or related dispute at a premium you can afford.

Frequently Asked Questions
Underwritten by

Bryte Insurance Company Limited, a licensed non-life insurer and authorised financial services provider, FSP17703.

Contact Us
  • Tel : 086 147 3738
  • Email : info@taxrisk.co.za
  • 152 Bryanston Drive, Bryanston, Johannesburg, 2191.

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Tax Risk Underwriting Managers (Pty) Ltd is an authorised financial services provider, FSP46467