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Tanzania

40 licensed entities supervised by the Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority.

Verified against regulator register1 market note in 2026 /api/v1/countries/tanzania.json

By class of business

By ownership

Domestic private20 50%
Pan-African group14 35%
State-owned / parastatal5 13%
Foreign multinational1 3%

Verification log

Verified - full register · TIRA register via TanzaniaInvest Jan 2025

Removed Heritage? (kept - listed), Metropolitan Tanzania, Milembe kept; added Beema Star, Bumaco Life, CRDB Insurance, First United Takaful, IGT, Jubilee Health, Meticulous, Metro Life, Mgen, Newtan, Resolution, Tanzindia, ZIC Takaful, NIC Life, PanAfrique Re, EA Re; removed Mo Assurance duplicate and UAP (now Newtan)

2026 market notes

4 local reinsurers licensed (Tan-Re, Grand Re, PanAfrique Re, EA Re); 32 foreign reinsurers accredited
Effect on directory: Local reinsurers on Reinsurers sheet; foreign accreditations excluded

Licensed insurers in Tanzania

Company	Class	Parent / group	Ownership	Regulator	Verification
Alliance Insurance Corp	GGeneral (Non-life)	Alliance Group	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Assemble Insurance Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Beema Star Insurance	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Britam Insurance Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Britam Holdings	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
Bumaco Insurance	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
CRDB Insurance Co (CIC) Licensed 2023	GGeneral (Non-life)	CRDB Bank	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
First Assurance Co Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Absa Group	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
GA Insurance Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	GA Insurance	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
Heritage Insurance Co Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Liberty / Standard Bank Group	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
ICEA Lion Insurance Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	ICEA Lion	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
Insurance Group of Tanzania (IGT)	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Jubilee Allianz Insurance Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Jubilee Holdings / Allianz	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
MO Assurance	GGeneral (Non-life)	Mo Group	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
MUA Insurance Tanzania (formerly Phoenix)	GGeneral (Non-life)	MUA (Mauritius Union)	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
Maxinsure Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Mayfair Insurance Co Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Mayfair Group	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
Meticulous Insurance	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Mgen Insurance	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Milembe Insurance	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
National Insurance Corp of Tanzania (NIC)	GGeneral (Non-life)	Government of Tanzania	State-owned / parastatal	TIRA	Verified
Newtan Insurance (formerly UAP Insurance Tanzania)	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Reliance Insurance Co Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Resolution Insurance Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Sanlam General Insurance Tanzania	GGeneral (Non-life)	Sanlam Allianz	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
Tanzindia Assurance	GGeneral (Non-life)	New India / GIC / Tanzania	Foreign multinational	TIRA	Verified
Zanzibar Insurance Corp (ZIC)	GGeneral (Non-life)	Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar	State-owned / parastatal	TIRA	Verified
Jubilee Health Insurance Tanzania	HHealth / Medical	Jubilee Holdings	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
Strategis Insurance Tanzania	HHealth / Medical	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Alliance Life Assurance	LLife	Alliance Group	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Bumaco Life Insurance	LLife	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Jubilee Life Insurance Tanzania	LLife	Jubilee Holdings	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
Metro Life Insurance	LLife	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
NIC Life	LLife	Government of Tanzania	State-owned / parastatal	TIRA	Verified
Sanlam Life Insurance Tanzania	LLife	Sanlam Allianz	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
East Africa Reinsurance Co (Tanzania) Licensed 2023	RReinsurer	EA Re	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
Grand Reinsurance Tanzania Licensed 2022	RReinsurer	Grand Re	Pan-African group	TIRA	Verified
PanAfrique Reinsurance Licensed 2022	RReinsurer	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
Tanzania National Reinsurance Corp (Tan-Re)	RReinsurer	Government / industry	State-owned / parastatal	TIRA	Verified
First United Takaful Launched 2024	TTakaful / Islamic	Independent	Domestic private	TIRA	Verified
ZIC Takaful	TTakaful / Islamic	Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar	State-owned / parastatal	TIRA	Verified