96 markets mapped · Africa and Europe · verified 2026-09-03
Every licensed insurer,
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Insurers Global is an open, machine-readable directory of the world’s insurance companies, built one market at a time. Africa and Europe are mapped: 4,641 licensed insurers, reinsurers and takaful operators across 96 countries, each reconciled against the supervisor’s own register where one is published. More regions follow.
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Browse Africa by region
Africa: six sub-regions
Fifty markets, each reconciled line by line against the supervisor’s register where one is published.
North Africa
Arabic- and French-speaking markets from Morocco to Egypt, with strong state carriers and takaful.
West Africa
ECOWAS and CIMA-zone markets where pan-African groups such as Sunu, NSIA and Sanlam Allianz dominate.
Central Africa
CEMAC markets supervised under the CIMA code, plus DR Congo under its own regulator.
East Africa
The East African Community and Horn markets, led by Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia.
Southern Africa
SADC markets anchored by South Africa, the continent’s deepest insurance sector.
Indian Ocean
Island markets with outsized reinsurance and offshore activity relative to population.
Browse Europe by region
Europe: six sub-regions
Every EU/EEA undertaking in the EIOPA register, Switzerland from FINMA, the UK and Gibraltar from the PRA list, plus principal carriers in non-EEA markets.
Nordics
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden: mature, concentrated markets with large mutual and pension-linked insurers.
Western Europe
France, the UK, Ireland, Benelux, Gibraltar and the Crown Dependencies, home to Europe’s largest carriers and captive domiciles.
Central Europe
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and the Visegrád and Alpine markets, with strong mutuals and cross-border groups.
Eastern Europe & Baltics
The Baltic states inside the EU single market, plus Ukraine, Belarus and Russia under national supervision.
Southern Europe
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Türkiye, from bancassurance leaders to Malta’s captive hub.
South-Eastern Europe
Balkan markets from Romania and Bulgaria to the Western Balkans, where regional groups such as VIG, UNIQA and Triglav dominate.
Largest markets
Where the licences are
Africa
Europe
Classes of business
What they are licensed to write
- U Not stated in register1667
- G General (Non-life)874
- L Life686
- R Reinsurer512
- H Health / Medical449
- C Composite243
- X Specialty / Credit / Captive138
- T Takaful / Islamic32
- M Microinsurer26
- F Funeral / Assistance14
Ownership
- Domestic private 2449
- Mutual / cooperative 918
- Pan-European group 503
- Foreign multinational 302
- Pan-African group 274
- State-owned / parastatal 187
- Regional / multilateral 8
2026 market notes
Regulatory events shaping the register
- Egypt
Unified Insurance Law 155/2024 in force; FRA Decision 230/2025 sets approved-reinsurer list
Domestic register unchanged
- Kenya
IRA gazetted 2026 licensed insurers (30 Apr 2026): 5 reinsurers, 35 general, 22 life, 5 micro
Master List mirrors gazette; distressed firms under PCF statutory management omitted
- Kenya
Sanlam and Allianz operate as Sanlam Allianz in Kenya; AIG Kenya now NCBA Insurance; Equity Group licensed for general and health
Names updated
- Nigeria
NIIRA 2025 recapitalisation closed 31 Jul 2026; 48 insurers + 2 reinsurers confirmed compliant (NAICOM notices 31 Jul, 13 Aug 2026)
Register reduced from ~58 to 50 operators; non-compliant firms omitted
- Nigeria
Nigeria Reinsurance Corp licence revoked; receiver/liquidator appointed 3 Aug 2026
Removed from Reinsurers sheet
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Who got licensed, who lost a licence, what the regulators changed
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For AI agents
Query the directory without scraping
Every page registers WebMCP tools through navigator.modelContext, and the same data is published as a static JSON API with an OpenAPI description and an llms.txt.
curl https://insurers.global/api/v1/countries/kenya.json | jq '.regulator, .total'