Separate life and general insurance supervisors
Papua New GuineaBank of PNG / OIC
Insurance supervision in Papua New Guinea.
01 / The institution
Office of Insurance Commissioner / Bank of PNG (life)
The Bank of PNG supervises life insurance under the 2000 act. General-insurance supervision is a distinct remit; the life-sector source must not be treated as evidence for the entire market.
The legal foundations
Mandate, written into law.
Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.
Institutional and insurance framework
Life Insurance Act 2000 ↗
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.
2025 annual report
Bank of Papua New Guinea Annual Report 2025 announcement ↗
The central bank announced its 2025 annual report. The relevant life-insurance tables were not verified here, and general insurance has a separate supervisory remit. Anti-money-laundering reporting-entity counts are not used as insurer licence counts.
Open the official publication listing ↗04 / Official contacts
Reach the institution.
Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.
- Official contact route
- Visit the institutional website for current enquiry channels.Source ↗
Research trail
Sources you can follow.
Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.
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