The Chief Executive Officer of Sedgwick Kenya insurance Brokers Sammy Methu Kiragu is dead.
He died after jumping from the seventh floor of his office at the 4th Avenue Towers on Fourh Ngong Avenue in Nairobi.
The incident on Tuesday March 11 in the afternoon, police said.
Police said they are investigating suicide.
Whereas the insurance brokers’ offices are on the 14th floor, witnesses said he took a lift to the seventh floor where he leapt to the ground floor in an apparent suicide.
He died on the spot.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known.
He was however under probe over fraud claims.
A government agency had complained about the firm and a probe opened on him.
The firm is yet to comment on the tragedy.
Police arrived at the scene and processed it before moving the body to mortuary pending autopsy.
Staff at the office were shocked to learn about the incident.
The company says on its website it has in the past 40 years been at the forefront of providing insurance services to clients in diverse professions, in both the public and private sectors.
These clients have been drawn from airlines, air charter companies, power and energy providers, tour operators, airport authorities, construction companies, media houses, financial institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), hotels and golf clubs, agricultural and manufacturing concerns, exporters, among others.
“Due to the international connection that we enjoy, we have also been able to call upon a rich experience and a wide resource base to offload a variety of risks in the international market.”
“Sedgwick provides tailor-made products to meet the requirements of all clients ranging from private individuals, professionals, entrepreneurs, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to large organizations in all sectors,” it says.
Sedgwick has cultivated an excellent relationship with all the stakeholders in the Insurance and Risk Management value chain.
Sedgwick has handled some of the biggest and most complex risks in the country from conceptualization, implementation and operations.
Elsewhere in Gilgil, Nakuru, one John Waigwa, 20 died by suicide by hanging himself with a nylon rope tied around his neck on a tree.
Police said no suicide note was recovered at the scene and the motive of the incident is yet to be known.
The body was removed to the Gilgil Sub County morgue awaiting an autopsy.
Cases of suicide have been on the rise amid efforts to address the menace.
The World Health Organisation says such cases are attributed to joblessness, death, academic failures or pressures, legal and financial difficulties.
Other reasons are bullying, previous suicide attempts, history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression and bipolar disorder.
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