Continent

Asia-Pacific

48 markets, 1,549 licensed entities. 6 countries have been reconciled line by line against the supervisor’s full register; the rest are compiled from market knowledge and flagged accordingly.

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.

Map of Asia-Pacific shaded by number of licensed insurers
Licensed insurers per country1–78–1314–2223–4849+not yet covered
CountryRegionTotalLifeNon-lifeCompositeReHealthOtherRegulatorVerification
AfghanistanSouth Asia3021000Afghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Unverified
ArmeniaCentral Asia & Caucasus7070000CBAUnverified
AustraliaOceania1452572015285APRA / ASICVerified
AzerbaijanCentral Asia & Caucasus153100101CBARUnverified
BahrainMiddle East & Gulf16414502CBBUnverified
BangladeshSouth Asia3616180002IDRAUnverified
BhutanSouth Asia3011100RMAUnverified
BruneiSouth-East Asia10250003BDCBUnverified
CambodiaSouth-East Asia181070100IRCUnverified
ChinaEast Asia81372801321NFRAUnverified
FijiOceania9260100RBFUnverified
GeorgiaCentral Asia & Caucasus14092120ISSSGUnverified
Hong KongEast Asia158518519300IAVerified
IndiaSouth Asia74262701281IRDAIVerified
IndonesiaSouth-East Asia6326230518OJKUnverified
IranMiddle East & Gulf260022301CIIUnverified
IraqMiddle East & Gulf9007101Iraqi Insurance DiwanUnverified
IsraelMiddle East & Gulf18176013CMISAUnverified
JapanEast Asia10141463803FSAVerified
JordanMiddle East & Gulf202016002CBJUnverified
KazakhstanCentral Asia & Caucasus215130111ARDFMUnverified
KuwaitMiddle East & Gulf16026206IRUUnverified
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and TurkmenistanCentral Asia & Caucasus7061000National regulatorsUnverified
LaosSouth-East Asia7151000MoFUnverified
LebanonMiddle East & Gulf203017000ICCUnverified
MacauEast Asia15672000AMCMUnverified
MalaysiaSouth-East Asia54141906015BNM / LFSAVerified
MaldivesSouth Asia5031001MMAUnverified
MongoliaEast Asia10180100FRCUnverified
MyanmarSouth-East Asia16772000IBRBUnverified
NepalSouth Asia3014140200NIAUnverified
New ZealandOceania4814211642RBNZ / FMAUnverified
OmanMiddle East & Gulf17239102FSAUnverified
Pacific IslandsOceania7160000Central banksUnverified
PakistanSouth Asia358220104SECPUnverified
Palestine, Syria and YemenMiddle East & Gulf140012002PCMA / SISC / MoFUnverified
Papua New GuineaOceania12390000OIC / BPNGUnverified
PhilippinesSouth-East Asia4718231122ICUnverified
QatarMiddle East & Gulf13233104QCB / QFCRAUnverified
Saudi ArabiaMiddle East & Gulf260020114IAVerified
SingaporeSouth-East Asia46111941020MASUnverified
South KoreaEast Asia4721170702FSC / FSSPartial
Sri LankaSouth Asia2712120102IRCSLUnverified
TaiwanEast Asia3719160101FSCUnverified
ThailandSouth-East Asia4514270220OICUnverified
United Arab EmiratesMiddle East & Gulf443168539CBUAEUnverified
UzbekistanCentral Asia & Caucasus132100100NAPPUnverified
VietnamSouth-East Asia4417230301ISAUnverified

“Other” covers takaful, microinsurance, funeral, specialty and captive licences, and register entries that do not state a class.