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Nepal
नेपाल
37 licensed entities supervised by the Nepal Insurance Authority.
- Listed insurers
- 37
- Insurance classes
- 4
- Groups present
- 1
Reinsurance tax on foreign reinsurers
Latest available research by tax type. Treaty relief and transaction conditions can change the result.
- Nepal: 1.5% — Older evidence · reviewed 2026-10-06
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Nepal
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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
Partially verified - NIA licensed-insurer list PDF of 5 May 2024 (Devanagari text only partly extractable) confirmed by the current NIA home-page count of 37 insurers · Nepal Insurance Authority home page "Number of insurers" panel (14 life, 14 non-life, 2 reinsurance, 7 micro), served 22 Sep 2026, cross-checked against the NIA "List of Licensed Insurance Companies" PDF (Insurer Information, updated 5 May 2024), which lists the same 37: 37 entities
All 30 rows matched the NIA list of licensed insurers (37: 14 life, 14 non-life, 2 reinsurers, 7 microinsurers), retrieved 22 Sep 2026; added the 7 microinsurers (3 life, 4 non-life). No removals or class changes.
Licensed insurers in Nepal
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| Company | Class | Parent / group | Ownership | Regulator | Verification | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Himalayan Everest Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| IGI Prudential Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| National Insurance Co Nepal branch Registered as National Insurance Company Ltd. | GGeneral (Non-life) | National (India) | Foreign multinational | NIA | Partial | — |
| Neco Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Neco | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Nepal Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Nepal Insurance | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| NLG Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | NLG | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Oriental Insurance Nepal branch Registered as The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. | GGeneral (Non-life) | Oriental (India) | Foreign multinational | NIA | Partial | — |
| Prabhu Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Prabhu | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Rastriya Beema Company (non-life)State-owned Registered as Rastriya Beema Company Ltd. | GGeneral (Non-life) | Government of Nepal | State-owned / parastatal | NIA | Partial | — |
| Sagarmatha Lumbini Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Sanima GIC Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Shikhar Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Shikhar | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Siddhartha Premier Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| United Ajod Insurance | GGeneral (Non-life) | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Asian Life | LLife | Asian | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Citizen Life | LLife | Citizen | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Himalayan Life | LLife | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| IME Life | LLife | IME | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Life Insurance Corp Nepal | LLife | LIC of India JV | Foreign multinational | NIA | Partial | — |
| MetLife NepalNYSE: MET Registered as Metlife Alico | LLife | MetLifeIAIG | Foreign multinational | NIA | Partial | — |
| National Life | LLife | National | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Nepal Life | LLife | Nepal Life | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Prabhu Mahalaxmi Life Registered as Prabhu Maha Laxmi Life Insurance Company Ltd. | LLife | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Rastriya Beema Sansthan (life)State-owned Registered as Rastriya Jeevan Beema Company Ltd. | LLife | Government of Nepal | State-owned / parastatal | NIA | Partial | — |
| Reliable Nepal Life | LLife | Reliable | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Sanima Reliance Life | LLife | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| SUN Nepal Life | LLife | Sun | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Surya Jyoti Life Registered as SuryaJyoti LIfe Insurance Company Limited | LLife | Merged | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Himalayan Reinsurance Registered as Himalayan Reinsurnace Company | RReinsurer | Independent | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Nepal Reinsurance CoState-owned | RReinsurer | Government / industry | State-owned / parastatal | NIA | Partial | — |
| Crest Micro Life Insurance Limited Ownership not researched. | MMicroinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Guardian Micro Life Insurance Limited Ownership not researched. | MMicroinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Liberty Micro Life Insurance Limited Ownership not researched. | MMicroinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Nepal Micro Insurance Company Limited Ownership not researched. | MMicroinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Protective Micro Insurance Company Limited Ownership not researched. | MMicroinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Star Micro Insurance Company Limited Ownership not researched. | MMicroinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
| Trust Micro Insurance Limited Ownership not researched. | MMicroinsurer | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | NIA | Partial | — |
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