Ethiopia · East Africa
Ethiopian Reinsurance (Ethio-Re)
Profile highlights
5 badgesGroup spans 1 directory continent
Industry / government: 1 markets across 1 directory continents (Asia-Pacific is one directory region). Group membership does not establish this entity’s policy availability.
Part of a group
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Reinsurer
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State-owned / parastatal
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Listed in Africa
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Established 2016
Official sources
This directory holds no official website for Ethiopian Reinsurance (Ethio-Re): the NBE register does not publish one and no sourced profile has been accepted. The register is the authoritative record of who is licensed.
Business profile
Understanding Ethiopian Reinsurance (Ethio-Re)
Sources checked
Reinsurance classes in the company profile
Ethio Re’s 2023/24 company profile lists fire, engineering, accident, motor, marine, aviation, life, health, liability, agriculture and retakaful business. It also names political violence and terrorism, and explicitly excludes energy, oil and gas from the range described.
The profile is dated 2023/24. Current appetite, capacity and any changes to the stated exclusions require direct confirmation.
About reinsurer business
Reinsurance transfers agreed risks from an insurer to a reinsurer. Treaty arrangements cover a defined portfolio; facultative arrangements address individual risks. Reinsurance enquiries are typically made by insurers or reinsurance brokers.
General guidance for the directory category. Specific products and terms must be confirmed with Ethiopian Reinsurance (Ethio-Re).
Explore the Ethiopia insurance market or other entries in this category.
Preparing a business enquiry
- Which classes, territories and treaty or facultative arrangements are considered?
- What exposure data and loss history are needed for an underwriting submission?
- Who handles contract wording, claims notifications and account settlement?
Include the legal entity name, territory and business class when contacting an underwriting team.
- Class of business
- ReinsurerCarriers that accept risk ceded by primary insurers.
- Parent / group
- Industry / government
- Ownership
- State-owned / parastatalOwned wholly or partly by a national government or parastatal.Ownership is what the NBE register or workbook records. It does not by itself mean the government guarantees this insurer’s policyholder liabilities.
- Regulator
- National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE)nbe.gov.et
- Local currency
- ETB
- Source basis
- Compiled from market knowledge - verify
- Country verification
- Partially verified - NBE lists the 18 direct insurers (directory entries last edited Oct-Dec 2023, confirmed by the NBE Annual Report 2024/25 as at 30 June 2025); the reinsurer Ethiopian Re is not on either list · National Bank of Ethiopia, Financial Institutions > Insurers directory (WordPress 'insurers' records, 18 entities, retrieved 22 Sep 2026), cross-checked against NBE Annual Report 2024/25 Table 4.6 'Branch Network & Capital of Insurance Companies as at June 30, 2025' (18 companies)
- Identifiers
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