Southern Africa · BW · BWP
Botswana
39 licensed entities supervised by the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority.
- Listed insurers
- 39
- Insurance classes
- 4
- Groups present
- 5
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Botswana
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By class of business
Each company is counted once, under the class its register row records. The supervisor’s own tally counts licences, so a company licensed for more than one class appears more than once there.
By ownership
Verification log
Verified - full register · NBFIRA "Insurance Licenced Entities" table (Ninja Tables id 10354, retrieved 22 Sep 2026): 18 general insurers, 12 life insurers, 9 reinsurers (plus medical aid funds, brokers and agencies, excluded)
Reconciled to the NBFIRA insurance licensed-entities table (39 insurers and reinsurers): 13 rows matched, 26 added (12 general, 6 life, 8 reinsurers), Zurich Insurance Botswana removed as not licensed. Six medical aid funds, brokers and agencies on the same table are excluded.
Licensed insurers in Botswana
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| Company | Class | Parent / group | Ownership | Regulator | Verification | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Direct Insurance Direct insurer; Registered as Alpha Direct Insurance Company (Pty) Ltd | GGeneral (Non-life) | Independent | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Botswana Insurance Co (BIC)BSE: BIHL Registered as Botswana Insurance Company Limited | GGeneral (Non-life) | BIHL (Sanlam)IAIG | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Hollard Insurance Botswana Registered as The Hollard Insurance Company of Botswana (Pty) Ltd | GGeneral (Non-life) | Hollard Group | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Old Mutual Short-Term BotswanaJSE: OMU | GGeneral (Non-life) | Old Mutual LtdIAIG | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Phoenix of Botswana Assurance Registered as Phoenix of Botswana Assurance Company (Pty) Ltd | GGeneral (Non-life) | Independent | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Bona Life Registered as Bona Life Insurance (Pty) Ltd | LLife | Independent | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Botswana Life InsuranceBSE: BIHL Largest life insurer in Botswana | LLife | BIHL (Sanlam)IAIG | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Hollard Life Botswana Registered as Hollard Life Assurance Company of Botswana (Pty) Ltd | LLife | Hollard Group | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Liberty Life BotswanaJSE: SBK Registered as Liberty (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd t/a Liberty Life Botswana | LLife | Liberty / Standard Bank Group | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Metropolitan Life BotswanaJSE: MTM | LLife | Momentum Group | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Old Mutual Life BotswanaJSE: OMU Registered as Old Mutual Life Insurance Company Botswana (Pty) Ltd | LLife | Old Mutual LtdIAIG | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Continental Reinsurance Botswana Regional subsidiary; Registered as Continental Reinsurance Company Limited | RReinsurer | Continental Re | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Sesiro Insurance Captive; Registered as Sesiro Insurance Company (Pty) Ltd | XSpecialty / Credit / Captive | Debswana | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | 67 Confidence: Low |
| Active Drive Capital Insurance (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | GGeneral (Non-life) | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Bryte Risk Services Botswana Licensee is B.I.C.B Limited trading as Bryte Risk Services Botswana; ownership not researched; Registered as B.I.C.B Limited t/a Bryte Risk Services Botswana | GGeneral (Non-life) | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| BIHL Insurance Company Ltd (Insure Guard)BSE: BIHL Parent inferred from the licensee name (BIHL = Botswana Insurance Holdings Ltd); group label reused from the workbook; Registered as BIHL Insurance Company Limited t/a Insure Guard | GGeneral (Non-life) | BIHL (Sanlam)IAIG | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Coverlink Insurance (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | GGeneral (Non-life) | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Export Credit Insurance & Guarantee Company (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd Licensed as a general insurer; export credit insurer by name, so class X; ownership not researched | XSpecialty / Credit / Captive | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Leza Legalwise Botswana Licensed as a general insurer; legal expenses insurer by name, so class X; ownership not researched; Registered as Legal Expenses Insurance Botswana (Pty) Ltd t/a Leza Legalwise Botswana | XSpecialty / Credit / Captive | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Lords Insurance (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | GGeneral (Non-life) | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Mayfair Insurance Botswana (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | GGeneral (Non-life) | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Special Risks Insurance of Botswana Ltd (BOSRIA) Licensed as a general insurer; special-risks (riot, strike, political violence) pool by name, so class X; ownership not researched; Registered as Special Risks Insurance Of Botswana Limited t/a BOSRIA | XSpecialty / Credit / Captive | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Sunshine Insurance Company of Botswana (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | GGeneral (Non-life) | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Westsure Insurance Botswana (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | GGeneral (Non-life) | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Corporate Guarantee and Insurance Company of Botswana Ltd Licensed as a general insurer; credit-guarantee insurer by name, so class X; ownership not researched | XSpecialty / Credit / Captive | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Afritec Life Insurance (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | LLife | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Axion Life (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | LLife | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Babereki Life Insurance (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | LLife | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Exclusive Life Insurance (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | LLife | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Lords Life Insurance (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | LLife | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Westlife Insurance Botswana (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | LLife | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Continental Reinsurance Holdings Ltd Listed by NBFIRA as a reinsurer alongside Continental Reinsurance Company Limited; appears to be the group holding company, so a reviewer may drop it | RReinsurer | Continental Re | Pan-African group | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Emeritus International Reinsurance Company (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | RReinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| FBC Re (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | RReinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| FMRE Property & Casualty (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched; Registered as FMRE Property & Casualty (Proprietary) Limited | RReinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Grand Reinsurance Botswana (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | RReinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| P & C Reinsurance Company (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | RReinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Saha Reinsurance (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | RReinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
| Solid Reinsurance (Pty) Ltd ownership not researched | RReinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NBFIRA | Verified | — |
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Popularity is an estimate of how often people search Google for each insurer, from 0 to 100; the bars show how confident the estimate is. Not a rating of the insurer. How the index works
Former and deregistered companies
Names once listed in Botswana and no longer in use. A company that was renamed, merged or acquired is counted under the name it has today; the names below are counted in no total on this page.
| Former name | What happened | Listed today as |
|---|---|---|
| Zurich Insurance Botswana | No longer on the register | Not recorded |
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