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Licensed insurance companies in Hong Kong (2026)

VerifiedVerified against the IA register, checked 4 Sept 2026.

The 158 insurance companies licensed in Hong Kong in 2026, as recorded by the Insurance Authority (IA), with the class of business and ownership each one is registered under.

158Licensed operators
51Life32% of entities85General (non-life)54% of entities81Cross-border groups76 domestically owned · 1 multilateral

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

  • Foreign multinational81 51%
  • Domestic private44 28%
  • State-owned / parastatal20 13%
  • Mutual / cooperative12 8%
  • Regional / multilateral1 1%

“Cross-border groups” counts foreign multinationals and pan-regional groups; “domestically owned” counts domestic private, state-owned, mutual and captive entities. The register records the parent’s type, not its home market. How ownership is recorded

Licensed insurers in Hong Kong

Showing 25 of 158 entities. The full, filterable table is on the country page; every row is in the JSON below.

InsurerClassOwnershipGroupVerification
AIA Co LtdCCompositeDomestic privateAIA GroupVerified
AIA Everest LifeLLifeDomestic privateAIA GroupVerified
AIA InternationalCCompositeDomestic privateAIA GroupVerified
AIG Insurance Hong KongGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAIGVerified
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SEGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAllianzVerified
Allied World Assurance CoGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalFairfaxVerified
Arch MI AsiaGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalArch CapitalVerified
Assicurazioni Generali SpACCompositeForeign multinationalGeneraliVerified
AXA China (Bermuda)CCompositeForeign multinationalAXAVerified
AXA China Region InsuranceCCompositeForeign multinationalAXAVerified
AXA General Insurance Hong KongGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAXAVerified
AXA Life InsuranceCCompositeForeign multinationalAXAVerified
AXA Wealth Management (HK)LLifeForeign multinationalAXAVerified
Berkley Insurance CoGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalW.R. BerkleyVerified
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance CoGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalBerkshire HathawayVerified
Blue Cross (Asia-Pacific) InsuranceGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateAIA GroupVerified
Bupa (Asia)GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalBupaVerified
Canada Life Assurance CoLLifeForeign multinationalGreat-West LifecoVerified
Canada Life Ltd (UK)LLifeForeign multinationalGreat-West LifecoVerified
Chubb Insurance Hong KongGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalChubbVerified
Chubb Life Insurance Hong KongLLifeForeign multinationalChubbVerified
Euler Hermes (Allianz Trade)GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAllianzVerified
Falcon Insurance Co (HK)GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalFairfaxVerified
FWD Life (Hong Kong)LLifeDomestic privateFWD GroupVerified
FWD Life Assurance Co (HK)LLifeDomestic privateFWD GroupVerified

Full table for Hong Kong ↗

Regulatory intelligence: Hong Kong

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.

Supervisor
Insurance Authority IA
Regime
Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41); risk-based capital from 2024
Register source
IA Register of Authorized Insurers: 94 HK-incorporated (26 LT, 10 composite, 55 general, 3 SPV) + 64 overseas (25 LT, 9 composite, 30 general)
Verification
Verified against the regulator register · IA Register of Authorized Insurers: 94 HK-incorporated (26 LT, 10 composite, 55 general, 3 SPV) + 64 overseas (25 LT, 9 composite, 30 general)

No market event is recorded against this register for 2026. The regime and source above are the standing facts.

Governing legislation

  • Insurance Ordinance, Cap. 41 · Institutional and insurance framework

    The Insurance Authority administers the ordinance, which governs insurers, designated insurance holding companies and intermediaries, including authorisation and ongoing compliance.

Verification log

Added 100+ entities vs draft incl. captives (CGN, CNOOC, Sinopec, Shanghai Electric, Wayfoong), P&I clubs, ILS SPVs; FAI, HIH, Target in liquidation flagged; AXA China Region redomiciled Jan 2026

For B2B teams and AI agents

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