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Brunei

Negara Brunei Darussalam

11 licensed entities supervised by the Brunei Darussalam Central Bank.

Listed insurers
11
Insurance classes
3
Groups present
3
Illustrated collage of Brunei, inspired by Kampong Ayer, Bandar Seri Begawan, Ulu Temburong National Park.
Brunei
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Reinsurance tax on foreign reinsurers

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  • Brunei: Rate not established — Not verified · reviewed 2026-10-06
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A sense of place

Beyond the numbers.

Heritage, places of work and the landscapes that connect them. Three selected references behind this artistic portrait.

Local names, languages & illustration notes

Selected local names and languages, with links to the references behind this artistic composition.

BruneiBrunei

Malay
Negara Brunei Darussalam

Name reference: mledoze/countries · ODbL data · ODbL licence. Flag artwork: flag-icons · MIT.

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

  • Domestic private7 64%
  • Foreign multinational3 27%
  • State-owned / parastatal1 9%

Verification log

Verified - full register · BDCB List of BDCB Licensees, Takaful and Insurance: Insurance Companies - Life (3), Insurance Companies - Non-life (4), Takaful Operators - General (2), Takaful Operators - Family (2), retrieved 22 Sep 2026: 11 entities

Reconciled against BDCB's online list of licensees (3 life, 4 non-life insurers; 2 general and 2 family takaful operators) on 22 Sep 2026: 9 rows matched, Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore and Insurans Islam Family Takaful added, Etiqa Brunei removed (not on the list). Agents and brokers are excluded; the list has no reinsurers.

Licensed insurers in Brunei

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CompanyClassParent / groupOwnershipRegulatorVerificationPopularity
Audley Insurance
Registered as Audley Insurance Company Sdn Bhd
GGeneral (Non-life)AudleyDomestic privateBDCBVerified74 Confidence: Low
National Insurance Co Brunei
Registered as National Insurance Company Berhad
GGeneral (Non-life)NationalDomestic privateBDCBVerified—
Standard Insurance Brunei
Registered as Standard Insurance Sdn Bhd
GGeneral (Non-life)StandardDomestic privateBDCBVerified64 Confidence: Low
Tokio Marine BruneiTSE: 8766
Registered as Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore Limited
GGeneral (Non-life)Tokio MarineIAIGForeign multinationalBDCBVerified87 Confidence: Medium
AIA Brunei (branch)HKEX: 1299
Registered as AIA Singapore Private Limited (Brunei Branch)
LLifeAIA GroupIAIGForeign multinationalBDCBVerified62 Confidence: Low
Great Eastern Life (Brunei)SGX: O39
Registered as The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Ltd
LLifeOCBCIAIGForeign multinationalBDCBVerified—
Insurans Islam TAIBState-owned
Registered as Insurans Islam General Takaful Sdn Bhd
TTakaful / IslamicTAIBState-owned / parastatalBDCBVerified—
Takaful Brunei Am
Registered as Takaful Brunei Am Sdn Bhd
TTakaful / IslamicBIBDDomestic privateBDCBVerified—
Takaful Brunei Keluarga
Registered as Takaful Brunei Keluarga Sdn Bhd
TTakaful / IslamicBIBDDomestic privateBDCBVerified—
Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Brunei operation of a Singapore-incorporated life insurer; ownership not researched (company site unreachable through the proxy). Likely Tokio Marine group (as row 888) - reviewer may set group Tokio Marine / FM.
LLifeParent not named in registerDomestic privateBDCBVerified—
Insurans Islam Family Takaful Sdn Bhd
Family takaful sister of Insurans Islam General Takaful (row 891, same website insuranstaib.com.bn); ownership not researched - BDCB lists Perbadanan Tabung Amanah Islam Brunei (TAIB) separately as a supervised entity but does not state parentage.
TTakaful / IslamicParent not named in registerDomestic privateBDCBVerified—

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 Brunei 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 nameWhat happenedListed today as
Etiqa BruneiNo longer on the registerNot recorded

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