Southern Africa · MW · MWK
Malawi
Malaŵi
15 licensed entities supervised by the Reserve Bank of Malawi (Pensions and Insurance Supervision).
- Listed insurers
- 15
- Insurance classes
- 3
- Groups present
- 2
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Malawi
- English
- Malawi
- Nyanja
- Malaŵi
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
Verification log
Verified - full register · Reserve Bank of Malawi, Pensions and Insurance Supervision, "Register of Licensed Entities" (web page, undated, retrieved 22 Sep 2026): 8 general insurers, 6 life insurers, 1 reinsurer
Reconciled to the RBM Register of Licensed Entities (15 insurers and reinsurers): all 10 rows matched, 5 added (Libertas General, Co-operatives General, Co-operatives Life, LifeCo, Emeritus Re). Brokers, agents, bancassurance agents, pension administrators and funds excluded.
Licensed insurers in Malawi
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| Company | Class | Parent / group | Ownership | Regulator | Verification | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britam Insurance MalawiNSE: BRIT Formerly Real Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Britam Holdings | Pan-African group | RBM | Verified | — |
| General Alliance Insurance Malawi Registered as General Alliance Insurance Company Ltd | GGeneral (Non-life) | Independent | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| NICO General InsuranceMSE: NICO MSE-listed group; Sanlam minority | GGeneral (Non-life) | NICO Holdings | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| Prime Insurance Co Malawi Registered as Prime Insurance Company Ltd | GGeneral (Non-life) | Independent | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| Reunion Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Independent | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| United General Insurance (UGI) Registered as United General Insurance Company Ltd | GGeneral (Non-life) | Independent | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| NICO Life InsuranceMSE: NICO | LLife | NICO Holdings | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| Old Mutual Life Assurance MalawiMSE: OMU Registered as Old Mutual Life Assurance Co. MW Ltd | LLife | Old Mutual LtdIAIG | Pan-African group | RBM | Verified | — |
| Smile Life Insurance | LLife | Independent | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| Vanguard Life Assurance | LLife | Independent | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | 53 Confidence: Low |
| Libertas General Insurance Company Ltd ownership not researched | GGeneral (Non-life) | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| Co-operatives General Insurance Ltd ownership not researched | GGeneral (Non-life) | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| Co-operatives Life Assurance Ltd ownership not researched | LLife | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| LifeCo (Malawi) Register lists only "LifeCo" under Life Insurance Companies, no legal form; ownership not researched; Registered as LifeCo | LLife | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
| Emeritus Reinsurance Company Ltd (Malawi) ownership not researched; Registered as Emeritus Reinsurance Company Limited | RReinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | RBM | Verified | — |
No insurers match that filter.
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
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