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Regulatory changes · East African Community (EAC) partner states

East African Community insurance regulatory changes (2026)

5 of 8 member registers verified against the supervisor’s own list; last checked 2 Sept 2026.

Each EAC partner state licenses insurers through its own national supervisor; the supervisors coordinate through the East African Insurance Supervisors Association (EAISA), and there is no regional licence.

8Markets
195Licensed insurers
5Verified registersof 8 markets
4Recorded eventsregister notes for 2026

Supervisors and regimes by market

8 of the zone’s members are in the directory.

MarketSupervisorRegimeLicensed insurersRegister
KenyaInsurance Regulatory Authority IRAInsurance Act Cap 487; risk-based capital64Verified
TanzaniaTanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority TIRAInsurance Act 200940Verified
UgandaInsurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda IRA-UInsurance Act 201736Verified
BurundiAgence de Regulation et de Controle des Assurances ARCAInsurance Code23Verified
RwandaNational Bank of Rwanda BNRInsurance Law 2009 (as amended)14Partial
Democratic Republic of the CongoAutorite de Regulation et de Controle des Assurances ARCAInsurance Code 2015; liberalised 201912Verified
SomaliaCentral Bank of Somalia CBSIslamic Insurance (Takaful) Law 2025; the Central Bank granted the first takaful licences in January 20264Partial
South SudanBank of South Sudan (Insurance Supervision) BoSSBank of South Sudan Act 2011 (amended 2023); insurance licensing by BoSS circular2Unverified

Regulatory changes in 2026

Read from the register, not written for this page: the supervisor’s regime, the source the list was checked against, and the market notes recorded alongside it.

Kenya · IRA

Recorded events

  • IRA gazetted 2026 licensed insurers (30 Apr 2026): 5 reinsurers, 35 general, 22 life, 5 micro

    Effect on directory: Master List mirrors gazette; distressed firms under PCF statutory management omitted

  • Sanlam and Allianz operate as Sanlam Allianz in Kenya; AIG Kenya now NCBA Insurance; Equity Group licensed for general and health

    Effect on directory: Names updated

Tanzania · TIRA

Recorded events

  • 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

Uganda · IRA-U

Recorded events

  • IRA-U authorised 144 players for 2026 incl. 19 non-life, 9 life, 3 micro, 1 takaful, 1 HMO, 2 reinsurers

    Effect on directory: List reflects 2025 perpetual licences; 2026 takaful entrant not yet named in source

Zone bodies: East African Community

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