Afghanistan · South Asia
Kowsar Insurance Company (Kabul Branch)
The register says the main office is in Iran and that its Afghan presence rests on a licence from the Intellectual Property Directorate of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, not from GDTI - see caveats. Coded FM as a foreign-parented operation.
Official sources
This directory holds no official website for Kowsar Insurance Company (Kabul Branch): the Afghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance) register does not publish one and no sourced profile has been accepted. The register is the authoritative record of who is licensed.
- Class of business
- General (Non-life)Short-term property, casualty, motor, marine and other non-life covers.
- Parent / group
- Kowsar Insurance Company (Iran)
- Ownership
- Foreign multinationalSubsidiary of a multinational headquartered outside the continent.
- Regulator
- Afghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)
- Local currency
- AFN
- Source basis
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Ministry of Finance - General Directorate of Takaful and Insurance (GDTI), 'Insurance Activates' page, section 'Insurance Operators': 10 numbered insurance companies, each with a profile, product list and contact details. GDTI is described on the ministry's own site as 'the only government institution assigned to regulate, supervise and develop the insurance sector in Afghanistan', with licence issuance among its duties. The Dari edition of the same page (فعالین بیمه) lists the identical 10 companies in the same order, which is how the list was cross-checked.
- Country verification
- Partially verified - Ministry of Finance / General Directorate of Takaful and Insurance 'Insurance Activates' page lists all 10 insurance operators, but it is an undated descriptive directory rather than a dated licence register and the site appears last maintained in 2023 · Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Ministry of Finance - General Directorate of Takaful and Insurance (GDTI), 'Insurance Activates' page, section 'Insurance Operators': 10 numbered insurance companies, each with a profile, product list and contact details. GDTI is described on the ministry's own site as 'the only government institution assigned to regulate, supervise and develop the insurance sector in Afghanistan', with licence issuance among its duties. The Dari edition of the same page (فعالین بیمه) lists the identical 10 companies in the same order, which is how the list was cross-checked.
- Identifiers
- slug afghanistan-kowsar-insurance-company-kabul-branch · row 2564/api/v1/insurers/afghanistan-kowsar-insurance-company-kabul-branch.json