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Affordable personal insurance products that protect you, your household staff, and your family from accidents and unexpected expenses.

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What We Cover

5 types of personal insurance cover. Each one has its own page with the full policy detail, pricing and claims process.

Personal Accident Insurance

Pays a lump sum, daily benefit, or medical reimbursement if you are injured in an accident, at work, home, or leisure, 24 hours a day.

Personal Accident (PA) insurance is the simplest and cheapest income-protection product on the Kenyan market. For an annual premium that typically starts under KES 4,000, it pays a defined lump sum on accidental death or permanent disability, a daily benefit for temporary disability, and a medical reimbursement for accident-related treatment. Cover applies 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world, not just at work, not just during commuting.

What it covers

  • Accidental death: lump sum to nominated beneficiary
  • Permanent Total Disability (PTD): full sum assured
  • Permanent Partial Disability: scheduled percentage of sum assured per body part
  • Temporary Total Disability: daily or weekly income replacement
  • Medical expenses for treatment of accidental injuries

Who it is for

  • Self-employed Kenyans without employer-provided cover
  • Boda boda riders, drivers, and delivery operators with high road exposure
  • Sports enthusiasts, weekend cyclists, and active lifestyles
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Affordable Personal Accident Insurance

Low-cost 24-hour cover that pays cash if an accident leaves you injured, disabled, or worse, from KSh 3,000 a year, with no medical exam and same-day activation on WhatsApp.

Affordable personal accident (PA) insurance answers a simple question millions of Kenyans ask: what happens to my income if an accident puts me in hospital? For as little as KSh 3,000 a year, about KSh 250 a month, a PA policy pays a cash lump sum on accidental death or permanent disability, a daily benefit while you cannot work, and reimburses the medical bills from an accidental injury. It is the cheapest income-protection product on the market.

What it covers

  • Accidental death: cash lump sum to your nominated next of kin
  • Permanent total disability: full sum assured
  • Permanent partial disability: a set percentage per injury (e.g. loss of a hand, eye, or finger)
  • Temporary disability: daily or weekly cash while you cannot work
  • Accident medical expenses: clinic, hospital, and treatment costs

Who it is for

  • Boda boda riders facing daily road risk
  • Hawkers, market traders, and mama mboga without employer cover
  • Freelancers, gig workers, and the self-employed
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Domestic Workers Insurance

Legally required WIBA cover for housekeepers, guards, nannies, gardeners, and other domestic employees, typically from KES 3,500 per worker per year.

Under the Work Injury Benefits Act (WIBA), every Kenyan household that employs domestic staff: housekeepers, guards, nannies, gardeners, drivers: is legally required to insure against work-related injury, disease, or death. The Act applies regardless of the number of employees: even a single domestic worker triggers the obligation. Enforcement has tightened materially in recent years, and DOSHS now actively pursues household non-compliance.

What it covers

  • Medical expenses for treatment of work-related injuries
  • Temporary disability benefit: wage replacement while recovering
  • Permanent disability lump sum calibrated to WIBA scale and the worker's earnings
  • Funeral expenses on work-related death
  • Compensation to dependants on work-related death

Who it is for

  • Households employing housekeepers, nannies, or cooks
  • Households with day or night guards (often provided through a security firm. Confirm cover)
  • Households with drivers, gardeners, and pool attendants
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Domestic Worker WIBA Compliance Cover

The cover Kenyan law requires every household employer to hold for their househelp, nanny, gardener, driver, or guard. WIBA insurance against work injury, from about KSh 1,500 per worker per year, bound within 48 hours.

Most Kenyan households do not realise that employing a domestic worker creates a legal duty to insure them. Under the Work Injury Benefits Act (WIBA), every employer, including a private household with a single househelp, nanny, gardener, driver, or guard: must hold cover for work-related injury, illness, and death. There is no small-employer exemption: one worker triggers the obligation, and the Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services (DOSHS) has been enforcing household compliance more actively in recent years.

What it covers

  • Medical expenses for work-related injuries and occupational illness
  • Temporary disability benefit: wage replacement while the worker recovers
  • Permanent disability lump sum, calibrated to the WIBA scale and earnings
  • Compensation to dependants on work-related death
  • Funeral expenses on death in the course of work

Who it is for

  • Households employing a househelp, nanny, or cook
  • Households with a gardener, driver, or pool attendant
  • Households with a directly-hired day or night guard (not via a security firm)
Domestic Worker WIBA Compliance Cover in full

Last Expense / Funeral Insurance

Provides immediate cash to your family on the death of a covered family member: funeral costs, bereavement expenses, and household bridging.

Last Expense (also sold as Funeral Cover) is a specialised micro-insurance product that pays out quickly, typically within 48–72 hours of death registration, to help the family meet the immediate costs of bereavement: mortuary fees, transport, burial arrangements, catering, and the dozens of practical costs that surface in the days after a death.

What it covers

  • Lump sum payable within 48–72 hours of death registration
  • Cover for the principal life: typically the family breadwinner
  • Spouse cover at the same or reduced sum assured
  • Children's cover with age-banded sum assured
  • Parent and parent-in-law cover (extension; subject to age limits)

Who it is for

  • Families wanting immediate bereavement liquidity beyond standard life policies
  • Self-employed Kenyans without group life cover
  • Older parents and grandparents wanting cover for themselves and the wider family
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Why Choose Vike?

Low annual premiums

Quick claims settlement

Can be added to existing motor or home policies

No medical examination required for most products

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Personal Insurance FAQs

Is Personal Accident the same as life insurance?
No. Life insurance pays out on death from any cause (subject to exclusions). PA pays out only on accidental death and disability. It does not cover death from illness. PA is much cheaper because the risk pool is narrower; they complement each other.
How much does personal accident insurance cost in Kenya?
Affordable personal accident cover starts from about KSh 3,000 per year for individual 24-hour cover. Roughly KSh 250 a month. The premium scales with the sum assured (the amount paid on death or disability) and your occupation, so higher-risk jobs or larger payouts cost more, while family and group plans bring the per-person cost down. All figures here are starting points; we confirm your exact premium on WhatsApp.
Is this really legally required for one domestic worker?
Yes. WIBA applies to any employer regardless of number of employees. A single housekeeper, gardener, or guard triggers the requirement. Enforcement is no longer rare; non-compliant households can be prosecuted and are personally liable for any work-related injury.
Is WIBA cover for domestic workers a legal requirement in Kenya?
Yes. The Work Injury Benefits Act requires every employer to insure employees against work-related injury, illness, and death, and there is no exemption for households or for small numbers of staff. Employing a single househelp, nanny, gardener, or guard makes you an employer under the Act, with the legal duty to hold cover.
How fast is the payout actually?
Most insurers commit to 48–72 hours from receipt of death certificate and ID copies. Vike's claims team chases the insurer the same day. The speed is the whole point of the product, anything slower defeats the purpose.

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