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Tanzania

40 licensed entities supervised by the Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority.

Listed insurers
40
Insurance classes
5
Groups present
10
Illustrated collage of Tanzania, inspired by Stone Town, Dar es Salaam, Mount Kilimanjaro.
Tanzania
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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.

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English / Swahili
Tanzania

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 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

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CompanyClassParent / groupOwnershipRegulatorVerificationPopularity
Alliance Insurance CorpGGeneral (Non-life)Alliance GroupDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Assemble Insurance TanzaniaGGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Beema Star InsuranceGGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Britam Insurance TanzaniaNSE: BRITGGeneral (Non-life)Britam HoldingsPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
Bumaco InsuranceGGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
CRDB Insurance Co (CIC)DSE: CRDB
Licensed 2023
GGeneral (Non-life)CRDB BankDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
First Assurance Co TanzaniaJSE: ABGGGeneral (Non-life)Absa GroupPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
GA Insurance TanzaniaGGeneral (Non-life)GA InsurancePan-African groupTIRAVerified59 Confidence: Low
Heritage Insurance Co TanzaniaJSE: SBKGGeneral (Non-life)Liberty / Standard Bank GroupPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
ICEA Lion Insurance TanzaniaGGeneral (Non-life)ICEA LionPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
Insurance Group of Tanzania (IGT)GGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Jubilee Allianz Insurance TanzaniaGGeneral (Non-life)Jubilee Holdings / AllianzIAIGPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
MO AssuranceGGeneral (Non-life)Mo GroupDomestic privateTIRAVerified67 Confidence: Low
MUA Insurance Tanzania (formerly Phoenix)SEM: MUAGGeneral (Non-life)MUA (Mauritius Union)Pan-African groupTIRAVerified—
Maxinsure TanzaniaGGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Mayfair Insurance Co TanzaniaGGeneral (Non-life)Mayfair GroupPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
Meticulous InsuranceGGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Mgen InsuranceGGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Milembe InsuranceGGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified51 Confidence: Low
National Insurance Corp of Tanzania (NIC)State-ownedGGeneral (Non-life)Government of TanzaniaState-owned / parastatalTIRAVerified60 Confidence: Low
Newtan Insurance (formerly UAP Insurance Tanzania)GGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Reliance Insurance Co TanzaniaGGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Resolution Insurance TanzaniaGGeneral (Non-life)IndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Sanlam General Insurance TanzaniaGGeneral (Non-life)Sanlam AllianzIAIGPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
Tanzindia AssuranceGGeneral (Non-life)New India / GIC / TanzaniaForeign multinationalTIRAVerified—
Zanzibar Insurance Corp (ZIC)State-ownedGGeneral (Non-life)Revolutionary Government of ZanzibarState-owned / parastatalTIRAVerified70 Confidence: Low
Jubilee Health Insurance TanzaniaNSE: JUBHHealth / MedicalJubilee HoldingsPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
Strategis Insurance TanzaniaHHealth / MedicalIndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Alliance Life AssuranceLLifeAlliance GroupDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Bumaco Life InsuranceLLifeIndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Jubilee Life Insurance TanzaniaNSE: JUBLLifeJubilee HoldingsPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
Metro Life InsuranceLLifeIndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified64 Confidence: Low
NIC LifeState-ownedLLifeGovernment of TanzaniaState-owned / parastatalTIRAVerified—
Sanlam Life Insurance TanzaniaLLifeSanlam AllianzIAIGPan-African groupTIRAVerified—
East Africa Reinsurance Co (Tanzania)
Licensed 2023
RReinsurerEA RePan-African groupTIRAVerified—
Grand Reinsurance Tanzania
Licensed 2022
RReinsurerGrand RePan-African groupTIRAVerified66 Confidence: Low
PanAfrique Reinsurance
Licensed 2022
RReinsurerIndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified—
Tanzania National Reinsurance Corp (Tan-Re)State-ownedRReinsurerGovernment / industryState-owned / parastatalTIRAVerified—
First United Takaful
Launched 2024
TTakaful / IslamicIndependentDomestic privateTIRAVerified53 Confidence: Low
ZIC TakafulState-ownedTTakaful / IslamicRevolutionary Government of ZanzibarState-owned / parastatalTIRAVerified—

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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