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Uganda · East Africa

Edge Micro Insurance

Profile highlights

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  • Microinsurer

    Based on this profile’s recorded business data. Not an endorsement or a financial-strength rating.

  • Domestic private

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  • Recorded as independent

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  • Listed in Africa

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Badge criteria
MMicroinsurerDomestic privateVerified against the regulator register

Official sources

IRA-U regulator profile

This directory holds no official website for Edge Micro Insurance: the IRA-U 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 Edge Micro Insurance

Sources checked

Education and journey microinsurance

Edge’s website describes TUSOME, developed for the School Pay platform, as a school-term package addressing parent or guardian life events, student accidents and school-fire property losses. It also describes SAFARI as journey-based domestic travel cover for accidental death and hospitalisation.

Edge Micro Insurance — TUSOME and SAFARI

The product descriptions were available through an older indexed extract. Current distribution arrangements, eligibility and policy terms were not independently verified.

About microinsurer business

Microinsurance is designed around relatively small premiums and defined benefits. Distribution may involve a partner such as a lender, retailer or mobile service; the policy certificate identifies the insurer responsible for the cover.

General guidance for the directory category. Specific products and terms must be confirmed with Edge Micro Insurance.

Explore the Uganda insurance market or other entries in this category.

Questions to ask about cover

  • What benefit is payable and which events qualify?
  • When does cover start, and what happens when a payment is missed?
  • Can the policyholder or beneficiary submit a claim directly to the insurer?

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
MicroinsurerLow-premium covers for low-income households and small businesses.
Parent / group
Independent
Ownership
Domestic privateOwned by domestic private shareholders with no cross-border parent.
Regulator
Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda (IRA-U)ira.go.ug
Local currency
UGX
Source basis
Regulator / industry register
Country verification
Verified - full register · IRA-U registers licensed for 2026, retrieved 9 Sep 2026: Licensed Insurance Companies (ira.go.ug, uploaded Aug 2026), Approved Re-Insurance Companies and Approved HMOs (Jan 2026), takaful list (Aug 2026)
Identifiers
slug uganda-edge-micro-insurance · row 565/api/v1/insurers/uganda-edge-micro-insurance.json