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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.
Browse Asia-Pacific by region
Asia-Pacific: six sub-regions
Forty-eight markets from the Gulf to the Pacific. Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia are reconciled against their registers; the rest are compiled from market knowledge and flagged as such.
Middle East & Gulf
Gulf markets led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, where cooperative and takaful models prevail, plus the Levant, Iran and Iraq under national supervision.
Central Asia & Caucasus
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the Caucasus republics: small, consolidating markets where Russian and Austrian groups hold subsidiaries.
South Asia
India’s IRDAI-registered insurers and reinsurance branches, with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the smaller Himalayan and Indian Ocean markets.
South-East Asia
ASEAN markets from Singapore and Malaysia’s takaful sector to Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, where pan-Asian life groups compete.
East Asia
China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan: the region’s deepest markets, home to its largest life groups and most of its reinsurance capacity.
Oceania
Australia’s APRA-registered general, life and private health insurers, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific island markets.
Browse South America by region
South America: 4 sub-regions
Eleven markets from Colombia to Chile. Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru are reconciled against their registers or industry directories (four rows in five); the rest are compiled from market knowledge and flagged as such.
Guianas
Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana: small Caribbean-facing markets served by Caribbean groups and, in French Guiana, by French insurers under ACPR supervision.
Andean
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela, from Colombia’s SFC-supervised bancassurance groups and ARL workers-compensation carriers to Venezuela’s hyperinflation-distorted market.
Brazil
Latin America’s largest market: SUSEP-supervised insurers, open pension (previdência) and capitalização companies, with health plan operators under ANS.
Southern Cone
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Argentina’s SSN register itemises ART workers-compensation, retiro and admitted foreign reinsurers; Chile splits general and life companies under the CMF.
Browse North America by region
North America: 5 sub-regions
The United States from the Texas licence exports and the Vermont captive register, Canada from the OSFI register, Mexico from the AMIS directory and Bermuda’s ABIR commercial reinsurers; selected Central American and Caribbean groups are compiled from market knowledge and flagged as such.
Canada
Federally regulated insurers from the OSFI register: life, property and casualty and mortgage insurers, fraternals and the Canadian branches of foreign carriers. Provincially incorporated insurers are not itemised.
United States
The world’s largest insurance market, regulated state by state through the NAIC system. Texas-licensed carriers of every type stand in for the national admitted population, with the Vermont captive register in full.
Bermuda
The world’s reinsurance and captive hub: the BMA Class 4 and other commercial (re)insurers that make up ABIR’s membership. Captives and special purpose insurers are not itemised.
Mexico
CNSF-supervised insurers and surety companies (afianzadoras) from the AMIS member directory and the CNSF padrón, with Patria Re as the only domestic reinsurer.
Central America & Caribbean
Selected principal groups from Guatemala and Panama to the Dominican Republic and Trinidad, compiled from market knowledge; the Bermuda and Cayman registers are not itemised.
Largest markets
Where the licences are
Africa
Europe
Asia-Pacific
South America
North America
Classes of business
What they are licensed to write
- G General (Non-life)3,402
- L Life1,940
- U Not stated in register1,667
- R Reinsurer969
- K Captive / Risk retention group842
- H Health / Medical638
- C Composite479
- X Specialty / Credit / Captive291
- T Takaful / Islamic94
- M Microinsurer26
- F Funeral / Assistance14
Ownership
- Domestic private 5,527
- Foreign multinational 1,418
- Mutual / cooperative 1,282
- Corporate parent (captive) 841
- Pan-European group 502
- State-owned / parastatal 395
- Pan-African group 273
- Regional / multilateral 124
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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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/malaysia.json | jq '.regulator, .total'

