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Insights · 2026

Insurance market insights 2026

Landing pages that answer one question each, from the register data behind the directory: who is licensed in a market this year, what its supervisor’s register holds, and what changed across a regulatory zone.Explore licensed insurers, source registers and regulatory changes by market.

Reinsurance tax by country and US state

Source-dated findings, evidence gaps and downloadable observation history for premiums paid to foreign reinsurers.

54Licensed lists48Register exports2Regulatory zones
2026Yearfrom the dataset’s verification date

Regulatory changes by zone

Supervisors, regimes and register-recorded events across each zone’s members.

Licensed insurance companies by market, 2026

Every market in the directory. “Register” is the supervisor’s list as an export, where one was checked.

Africa

MarketLicensed insurersVerificationPages
South Africa140VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · PA / FSCA register
Zimbabwe69VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · IPEC register
Libya66VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · Libyan Insurance Supervisory Authority register
Kenya64VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · IRA register
Nigeria51PartialLicensed list 2026 · NAICOM register
Ghana48VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · NIC register
Côte d'Ivoire41VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
Tanzania40VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · TIRA register
Botswana39VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · NBFIRA register
Egypt38VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · FRA register
Zambia38VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · PIA register
Uganda36VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · IRA-U register
Mauritius32VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · FSC register
Namibia30VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · NAMFISA register
Cameroon29VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
Senegal28PartialLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
Tunisia27VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CGA register
Algeria25VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CSA register
Morocco25VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · ACAPS register
Mozambique25VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · ISSM register
Angola23VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · ARSEG register
Burundi23VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · ARCA register
Eswatini21VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · FSRA register
Ethiopia19PartialLicensed list 2026 · NBE register
Sudan19PartialLicensed list 2026 · ISA register
Mauritania18PartialLicensed list 2026 · Direction du Controle des Assurances (Ministry of Finance) register
Liberia16VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CBL register
Seychelles16VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · FSA register
Burkina Faso15VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
Malawi15VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · RBM register
Rwanda14PartialLicensed list 2026 · BNR register
Benin13VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
Democratic Republic of the Congo12VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · ARCA register
Gabon12VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
Guinea12PartialLicensed list 2026 · BCRG register
Mali12PartialLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
The Gambia11VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CBG register
Lesotho10VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CBL register
Comoros9UnverifiedLicensed list 2026
Niger8PartialLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
Togo7UnverifiedLicensed list 2026
Republic of the Congo6PartialLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
Sierra Leone6PartialLicensed list 2026 · SLICOM register
Equatorial Guinea5PartialLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
Madagascar5VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · CSBF register
Somalia4PartialLicensed list 2026 · CBS register
Cabo Verde3VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · BCV register
Chad2UnverifiedLicensed list 2026
Djibouti2PartialLicensed list 2026 · Ministry of Economy and Finance (Insurance Directorate) register
Guinea-Bissau2PartialLicensed list 2026 · CIMA / CRCA register
São Tomé and Príncipe2VerifiedLicensed list 2026 · BCSTP register
South Sudan2UnverifiedLicensed list 2026
Central African Republic1UnverifiedLicensed list 2026
Eritrea1VerifiedLicensed list 2026

Register exports exist for the 48 markets whose supervisor list was verified or partially verified; an unverified market has no register to export.