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Specialist insurance authority

BangladeshIDRA

Insurance supervision in Bangladesh.

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01 / The institution

Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority

The IDRA Act creates the specialist authority, while the Insurance Act governs insurance business. IDRA began operating in January 2011.

How it is structured

Specialist insurance authority

Institutional source ↗

The legal foundations

Mandate, written into law.

Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.

02 / Market signals

The numbers, with context.

Figures retain the reporting period and accounting basis of their source. They are snapshots, not live indicators or directly comparable country rankings.

Insurance penetration. A current premium-to-GDP ratio has not been independently verified for this profile. No estimate is substituted.

03 / The report notebook

A dated view of the market.

What we noted in the regulator’s publications. Each entry separates the period covered, publication date when known, and our review date.

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Publication availability checked

IDRA market publications ↗

Quarterly statistical material and older annual-report files were located. A current annual market table was not reconciled in this review; an older report re-uploaded in 2025 is not labelled a 2025 reporting period.

Open the official publication listing ↗

04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.

Research trail

Sources you can follow.

Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.

  1. Annual Report ↗Checked
  2. Institutional website — contact route ↗Checked
  3. IDRA market publications ↗Checked

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