Haiti · Central America & Caribbean
Office d'Assurance Véhicules Contre Tiers (OAVCT)
Statutory public motor third-party insurance provider, included for its policy-issuing and claims-paying role. Not a commercial company licence claim. Government ownership and non-life class follow the institution's stated legal form and motor liability mandate. Market remains unverified because no complete current official insurer register was found.
Official sources
This directory holds no official website for Office d'Assurance Véhicules Contre Tiers (OAVCT): the MEF / USCA 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
- GovernmentThe register records no parent for this entity, which is not a finding that it has none.
- Ownership
- State-owned / parastatalOwned wholly or partly by a national government or parastatal.Ownership is what the MEF / USCA register or workbook records. It does not by itself mean the government guarantees this insurer’s policyholder liabilities.
- Regulator
- Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances — Unité de Supervision et de Contrôle des Assurances (MEF / USCA)mef.gouv.ht
- Local currency
- HTG
- Source basis
- Office d'Assurance Véhicules Contre Tiers (OAVCT), official government website, Histoire, Mission and Fonctions principales: https://oavct.gouv.ht/ ; checked 2026-09-27. The institution describes its creation by decree of 21 September 1967, public legal personality, compulsory motor third-party policy issuance and claims compensation. This is a statutory public provider source, not a commercial insurance licence register.
- Country verification
- Not verified - no current official register; historical MEF list, BRH directory, company reports and statutory OAVCT source; no complete current register · No current official register found. Best official list: MEF notice of May 2014 naming 11 authorised insurers — Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances (MEF), notice listing the insurers authorised to operate in Haiti (May 2014), as reported by Le Nouvelliste "Seulement 11 compagnies d'assurances peuvent effectuer des opérations sur le territoire" (26 May 2014, https://lenouvelliste.com/article/131541/Seulement-11-compagnies-dassurances-peuvent-effectuer-des-operations-sur-le-territoire) and reproduced by Image7 "Haïti: Compagnies d'assurance reconnues" (https://image7haiti.com/haiti-compagnies-dassurance-reconnues/) and HaitiLibre article 11267; retrieved 2026-09-26 (the MEF original was not retrieved, only press reproductions). Cross-checked against Banque de la République d'Haïti, "Compagnies d'assurance", https://www.brh.ht/supervision-bancaire/compagnies-dassurance/, retrieved 2026-09-26 (lists PROFASA, Assurance Leger, Compagnie d'Assurance d'Haiti, Groupement Francais d'Assurance, Alternative Insurance Company, plus the Association des Assureurs d'Haïti) and Haiti-Référence, "5500.- Compagnies et Agences d'Assurances" (revised 18 September 2024), https://www.haiti-reference.info/pages/plan/sante-et-bien-etre-social/assurances/, retrieved 2026-09-26. Law and supervisory arrangement: HDIT Cabinet Volmar, "Les 60 ans de la loi sur les compagnies d'assurances" (https://hditcabinetvolmar.com/fr/les-60-ans-de-la-loi-sur-les-compagnies-dassurances/) and the BRH review cited in search results, retrieved 2026-09-26. Added statutory provider evidence: Office d'Assurance Véhicules Contre Tiers (OAVCT), official government website, Histoire, Mission and Fonctions principales: https://oavct.gouv.ht/ ; checked 2026-09-27. The institution describes its creation by decree of 21 September 1967, public legal personality, compulsory motor third-party policy issuance and claims compensation. This is a statutory public provider source, not a commercial insurance licence register. Company operating evidence refreshed on 2026-09-27; sources in each row.
- Identifiers
- slug haiti-office-dassurance-vehicules-contre-tiers-oavct · row 4873/api/v1/insurers/haiti-office-dassurance-vehicules-contre-tiers-oavct.json