{
  "title": "Insurers Global — Africa Insurance Companies Directory",
  "publisher": "Kenbright Actuarial and Financial Services North America",
  "publisherShort": "KAFS North America",
  "publisherUrl": "https://www.kenbright.ai/",
  "source": "data/africa-insurance-directory.xlsx",
  "datasetVersion": "2026-09-02+b4c86679e80b",
  "verificationDate": "2026-09-02",
  "generatedFrom": "Master List, Regulators, Pan-African Groups, Verification Log, 2026 Market Notes",
  "rowCount": 886,
  "countryCount": 50,
  "groupCount": 52,
  "regionCount": 6,
  "continents": [
    "Africa"
  ],
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (data), MIT (code)",
  "site": "https://insurers.global",
  "api": "https://insurers.global/api/v1",
  "endpoints": {
    "countries": "https://insurers.global/api/v1/countries.json",
    "country": "https://insurers.global/api/v1/countries/{slug}.json",
    "insurers": "https://insurers.global/api/v1/insurers.json",
    "insurer": "https://insurers.global/api/v1/insurers/{slug}.json",
    "groups": "https://insurers.global/api/v1/groups.json",
    "group": "https://insurers.global/api/v1/groups/{slug}.json",
    "regulators": "https://insurers.global/api/v1/regulators.json",
    "searchIndex": "https://insurers.global/api/v1/search-index.json",
    "openapi": "https://insurers.global/api/v1/openapi.json",
    "webmcp": "https://insurers.global/.well-known/webmcp.json",
    "llms": "https://insurers.global/llms.txt"
  },
  "vocab": {
    "regions": [
      {
        "slug": "north-africa",
        "name": "North Africa"
      },
      {
        "slug": "west-africa",
        "name": "West Africa"
      },
      {
        "slug": "central-africa",
        "name": "Central Africa"
      },
      {
        "slug": "east-africa",
        "name": "East Africa"
      },
      {
        "slug": "southern-africa",
        "name": "Southern Africa"
      },
      {
        "slug": "indian-ocean",
        "name": "Indian Ocean"
      }
    ],
    "classes": [
      {
        "slug": "composite",
        "name": "Composite",
        "code": "C",
        "description": "Licensed to write both life and non-life business under one entity."
      },
      {
        "slug": "funeral-assistance",
        "name": "Funeral / Assistance",
        "code": "F",
        "description": "Funeral, assistance and burial benefit providers."
      },
      {
        "slug": "general-non-life",
        "name": "General (Non-life)",
        "code": "G",
        "description": "Short-term property, casualty, motor, marine and other non-life covers."
      },
      {
        "slug": "health-medical",
        "name": "Health / Medical",
        "code": "H",
        "description": "Medical, health and hospital cash insurers licensed separately from life."
      },
      {
        "slug": "life",
        "name": "Life",
        "code": "L",
        "description": "Long-term life assurance, annuities, pensions and savings products."
      },
      {
        "slug": "microinsurer",
        "name": "Microinsurer",
        "code": "M",
        "description": "Low-premium covers for low-income households and small businesses."
      },
      {
        "slug": "reinsurer",
        "name": "Reinsurer",
        "code": "R",
        "description": "Carriers that accept risk ceded by primary insurers."
      },
      {
        "slug": "specialty-credit-captive",
        "name": "Specialty / Credit / Captive",
        "code": "X",
        "description": "Credit, trade, captive, agricultural or other specialist carriers."
      },
      {
        "slug": "takaful-islamic",
        "name": "Takaful / Islamic",
        "code": "T",
        "description": "Sharia-compliant risk-sharing operators (takaful and retakaful)."
      }
    ],
    "groupTypes": [
      {
        "slug": "domestic-private",
        "name": "Domestic private",
        "code": "DO",
        "description": "Owned by domestic private shareholders with no cross-border parent."
      },
      {
        "slug": "foreign-multinational",
        "name": "Foreign multinational",
        "code": "FM",
        "description": "Subsidiary of a multinational headquartered outside Africa."
      },
      {
        "slug": "mutual-cooperative",
        "name": "Mutual / cooperative",
        "code": "MU",
        "description": "Mutual, cooperative or member-owned insurer."
      },
      {
        "slug": "pan-african-group",
        "name": "Pan-African group",
        "code": "PA",
        "description": "Part of an insurance group licensed in two or more African countries."
      },
      {
        "slug": "regional-multilateral",
        "name": "Regional / multilateral",
        "code": "RG",
        "description": "Regional or multilateral institution such as a development reinsurer."
      },
      {
        "slug": "state-owned-parastatal",
        "name": "State-owned / parastatal",
        "code": "SO",
        "description": "Owned wholly or partly by a national government or parastatal."
      }
    ]
  }
}