Sudan · North Africa

Shiekan Insurance & Reinsurance Co

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Takaful / Islamic
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State-owned / parastatal
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Listed in Africa
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TTakaful / Islamic State-owned / parastatal Partially verified against the regulator register

Largest in Sudan; Islamic model; Registered as شيكان للتأمين وإعادة التأمين

Official sources

ISA regulator profile

This directory holds no official website for Shiekan Insurance & Reinsurance Co: the ISA 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 Shiekan Insurance & Reinsurance Co

Sources checked 2026-10-04

Regional motor-insurance role

The COMESA Yellow Card scheme identifies Shiekan as Sudan’s national bureau. This gives the company a named role in the regional cross-border motor-insurance scheme and provides a scheme-specific contact route.

COMESA Yellow Card — national bureaux

About takaful / islamic business

Takaful uses a Sharia-compliant risk-sharing structure. This directory category can include family takaful, general takaful and retakaful; it does not establish that this operator offers every form.

General guidance for the directory category. Specific products and terms must be confirmed with Shiekan Insurance & Reinsurance Co.

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Questions to ask about cover

Is this family takaful, general takaful or retakaful?
How are contributions, operator fees and any surplus treated?
Which exclusions, waiting periods and claims procedures apply?

For an existing policy, use the insurer and service contact named on your policy schedule. Have your policy reference and a short description of the enquiry ready.

Class of business: Takaful / IslamicSharia-compliant risk-sharing operators (takaful, participation and retakaful).
Parent / group: Government-linkedThe 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 ISA register or workbook records. It does not by itself mean the government guarantees this insurer’s policyholder liabilities.
Regulator: Insurance Supervisory Authority (ISA)
Local currency: SDG
Source basis: National Insurance Regulatory Authority (الجهاز القومي للرقابة على التأمين, NIRA), home-page section "شركات التأمين" (Insurance Companies): 19 named companies, retrieved 23 Sep 2026. The same page's counters give شركات التأمين = 19, matching the panel exactly. The companion page /reinsurance_companies lists the reinsurers (1 national + 18 foreign = 19, its counter also 19) and confirms إعادة التأمين الوطنية as the national reinsurer.
Country verification: Partially verified - NIRA's own site names the 19 insurance companies it supervises, but as a home-page company panel with no licence numbers, licence categories or dates; there is no separate register page · National Insurance Regulatory Authority (الجهاز القومي للرقابة على التأمين, NIRA), home-page section "شركات التأمين" (Insurance Companies): 19 named companies, retrieved 23 Sep 2026. The same page's counters give شركات التأمين = 19, matching the panel exactly. The companion page /reinsurance_companies lists the reinsurers (1 national + 18 foreign = 19, its counter also 19) and confirms إعادة التأمين الوطنية as the national reinsurer.
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