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  "dataset": "Insurers Global — Asia-Pacific Insurance Companies Directory",
  "version": "2026-09-04+907830197895",
  "verified": "2026-09-04",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — attribute KAFS North America (Kenbright Actuarial and Financial Services North America), https://insurers.global",
  "count": 48,
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      "name": "Afghanistan",
      "workbookName": "Afghanistan",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "AF",
      "iso3": "AFG",
      "isoNum": "004",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "south-asia",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Afghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)",
        "acronym": "Afghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)",
        "website": null,
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "AFN",
      "total": 3,
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        "composite": 1,
        "general-non-life": 2
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        "state-owned-parastatal": 1,
        "domestic-private": 2
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
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      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/afghanistan.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "armenia",
      "name": "Armenia",
      "workbookName": "Armenia",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "AM",
      "iso3": "ARM",
      "isoNum": "051",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "central-asia-and-caucasus",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Central Bank of Armenia",
        "acronym": "CBA",
        "website": "https://cba.am",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "AMD",
      "total": 7,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 7
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        "domestic-private": 4,
        "foreign-multinational": 3
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/armenia/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/armenia.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "australia",
      "name": "Australia",
      "workbookName": "Australia",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "AU",
      "iso3": "AUS",
      "isoNum": "036",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "oceania",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Australian Prudential Regulation Authority / ASIC",
        "acronym": "APRA / ASIC",
        "website": "https://apra.gov.au",
        "regime": "Insurance Act 1973; Life Insurance Act 1995; PHI Act 2015",
        "registerSource": "APRA general (21 May 2026, 84 + run-off), life and friendly societies (7 Oct 2025, 22 + 10), private health insurers (30 Jul 2026, 28), NOHC list (21 Jul 2026) - user-supplied prints"
      },
      "currency": "AUD",
      "total": 145,
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        "general-non-life": 72,
        "health-medical": 28,
        "life": 25,
        "reinsurer": 15,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 5
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 23,
        "foreign-multinational": 72,
        "mutual-cooperative": 49,
        "regional-multilateral": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "verified",
        "status": "Verified - full registers",
        "source": "APRA general (21 May 2026, 84 + run-off), life and friendly societies (7 Oct 2025, 22 + 10), private health insurers (30 Jul 2026, 28), NOHC list (21 Jul 2026) - user-supplied prints",
        "corrections": "PHI: removed Queensland Country Health Fund, TUH, Nurses & Midwives Health, Emergency Services Health (merged, not on register); added CBHS Corporate Health, Health Care Insurance, National Health Benefits Australia; NOHCs (Allianz Australia, Arch, Assetinsure, Chubb, Guild, Helia, Hollard, IAG, QBE, PetSure, RAA, RACT, Suncorp, Wood, Youi, Zurich FS; Australian Unity, Challenger, ClearView, Nippon Life ANZ, St Andrew's, TAL Dai-ichi) reflected in Parent/Group, not as insurer rows"
      },
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    },
    {
      "slug": "azerbaijan",
      "name": "Azerbaijan",
      "workbookName": "Azerbaijan",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "AZ",
      "iso3": "AZE",
      "isoNum": "031",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "central-asia-and-caucasus",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Central Bank of Azerbaijan",
        "acronym": "CBAR",
        "website": "https://cbar.az",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "AZN",
      "total": 15,
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        "general-non-life": 10,
        "life": 3,
        "reinsurer": 1,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 1
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        "domestic-private": 13,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 2
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
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      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/azerbaijan/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/azerbaijan.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "bahrain",
      "name": "Bahrain",
      "workbookName": "Bahrain",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "BH",
      "iso3": "BHR",
      "isoNum": "048",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "middle-east-and-gulf",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Central Bank of Bahrain",
        "acronym": "CBB",
        "website": "https://cbb.gov.bh",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "BHD",
      "total": 16,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 4,
        "general-non-life": 1,
        "life": 4,
        "reinsurer": 5,
        "takaful-islamic": 2
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      "byGroupType": {
        "foreign-multinational": 8,
        "domestic-private": 8
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/bahrain/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/bahrain.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "bangladesh",
      "name": "Bangladesh",
      "workbookName": "Bangladesh",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "BD",
      "iso3": "BGD",
      "isoNum": "050",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "south-asia",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority",
        "acronym": "IDRA",
        "website": "https://idra.org.bd",
        "regime": "81 insurers (35 life, 46 non-life)",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "BDT",
      "total": 36,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 18,
        "life": 16,
        "takaful-islamic": 2
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 32,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 3,
        "foreign-multinational": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/bangladesh/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/bangladesh.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "bhutan",
      "name": "Bhutan",
      "workbookName": "Bhutan",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "BT",
      "iso3": "BTN",
      "isoNum": "064",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "south-asia",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Royal Monetary Authority",
        "acronym": "RMA",
        "website": "https://rma.org.bt",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "BTN",
      "total": 3,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 1,
        "general-non-life": 1,
        "reinsurer": 1
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "state-owned-parastatal": 1,
        "domestic-private": 1,
        "foreign-multinational": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/bhutan/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/bhutan.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "brunei",
      "name": "Brunei",
      "workbookName": "Brunei",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "BN",
      "iso3": "BRN",
      "isoNum": "096",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "south-east-asia",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Brunei Darussalam Central Bank",
        "acronym": "BDCB",
        "website": "https://bdcb.gov.bn",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "BND",
      "total": 10,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 5,
        "life": 2,
        "takaful-islamic": 3
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 5,
        "foreign-multinational": 4,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/brunei/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/brunei.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "cambodia",
      "name": "Cambodia",
      "workbookName": "Cambodia",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "KH",
      "iso3": "KHM",
      "isoNum": "116",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "south-east-asia",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Insurance Regulator of Cambodia",
        "acronym": "IRC",
        "website": "https://irc.gov.kh",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "KHR",
      "total": 18,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 7,
        "life": 10,
        "reinsurer": 1
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "foreign-multinational": 10,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 3,
        "domestic-private": 5
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/cambodia/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/cambodia.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "china",
      "name": "China",
      "workbookName": "China",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "CN",
      "iso3": "CHN",
      "isoNum": "156",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "east-asia",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "National Financial Regulatory Administration",
        "acronym": "NFRA",
        "website": "https://nfra.gov.cn",
        "regime": "C-ROSS II; ~240 insurers incl. branches",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "CNY",
      "total": 81,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 28,
        "health-medical": 2,
        "life": 37,
        "reinsurer": 13,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 1
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "foreign-multinational": 30,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 35,
        "regional-multilateral": 1,
        "domestic-private": 15
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/china/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/china.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "fiji",
      "name": "Fiji",
      "workbookName": "Fiji",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "FJ",
      "iso3": "FJI",
      "isoNum": "242",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "oceania",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Reserve Bank of Fiji",
        "acronym": "RBF",
        "website": "https://rbf.gov.fj",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "FJD",
      "total": 9,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 6,
        "life": 2,
        "reinsurer": 1
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "foreign-multinational": 6,
        "domestic-private": 2,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/fiji/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/fiji.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "georgia",
      "name": "Georgia",
      "workbookName": "Georgia",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "GE",
      "iso3": "GEO",
      "isoNum": "268",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "central-asia-and-caucasus",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia",
        "acronym": "ISSSG",
        "website": "https://insurance.gov.ge",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "GEL",
      "total": 14,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 2,
        "general-non-life": 9,
        "health-medical": 2,
        "reinsurer": 1
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 11,
        "foreign-multinational": 2,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/georgia/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/georgia.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hong-kong",
      "name": "Hong Kong",
      "workbookName": "Hong Kong",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "HK",
      "iso3": "HKG",
      "isoNum": "344",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "east-asia",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Insurance Authority",
        "acronym": "IA",
        "website": "https://ia.org.hk",
        "regime": "Insurance Ordinance; RBC 2024; ~160 authorised insurers",
        "registerSource": "IA Register of Authorized Insurers: 94 HK-incorporated (26 LT, 10 composite, 55 general, 3 SPV) + 64 overseas (25 LT, 9 composite, 30 general)"
      },
      "currency": "HKD",
      "total": 158,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 19,
        "general-non-life": 85,
        "life": 51,
        "reinsurer": 3
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 44,
        "foreign-multinational": 81,
        "regional-multilateral": 1,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 20,
        "mutual-cooperative": 12
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "verified",
        "status": "Verified - full register",
        "source": "IA Register of Authorized Insurers: 94 HK-incorporated (26 LT, 10 composite, 55 general, 3 SPV) + 64 overseas (25 LT, 9 composite, 30 general)",
        "corrections": "Added 100+ entities vs draft incl. captives (CGN, CNOOC, Sinopec, Shanghai Electric, Wayfoong), P&I clubs, ILS SPVs; FAI, HIH, Target in liquidation flagged; AXA China Region redomiciled Jan 2026"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/hong-kong/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/hong-kong.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "india",
      "name": "India",
      "workbookName": "India",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "IN",
      "iso3": "IND",
      "isoNum": "356",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "south-asia",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India",
        "acronym": "IRDAI",
        "website": "https://irdai.gov.in",
        "regime": "Insurance Act 1938; 100% FDI from 2025",
        "registerSource": "IRDAI lists printed 4 Sep 2026 (user-supplied): 26 life, 28 general, 8 standalone health; plus GIC Re, Valueattics Re and 10 FRBs"
      },
      "currency": "INR",
      "total": 74,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 27,
        "health-medical": 8,
        "life": 26,
        "reinsurer": 12,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 1
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 53,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 8,
        "foreign-multinational": 12,
        "regional-multilateral": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "verified",
        "status": "Verified - full register",
        "source": "IRDAI lists printed 4 Sep 2026 (user-supplied): 26 life, 28 general, 8 standalone health; plus GIC Re, Valueattics Re and 10 FRBs",
        "corrections": "Added Prudential HCL Health and Kiwi General (new licensees); Reliance Nippon Life now IndusInd Nippon Life; Narayana Health confirmed; renames Bajaj, IndusInd General, Generali Central, Magma General, Zuno, Bandhan Life carried"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/india/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/india.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "indonesia",
      "name": "Indonesia",
      "workbookName": "Indonesia",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "ID",
      "iso3": "IDN",
      "isoNum": "360",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "south-east-asia",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Otoritas Jasa Keuangan",
        "acronym": "OJK",
        "website": "https://ojk.go.id",
        "regime": "Recapitalisation to 2028",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "IDR",
      "total": 63,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 23,
        "health-medical": 1,
        "life": 26,
        "reinsurer": 5,
        "takaful-islamic": 3,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 5
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "foreign-multinational": 24,
        "domestic-private": 22,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 16,
        "mutual-cooperative": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/indonesia/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/indonesia.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "iran",
      "name": "Iran",
      "workbookName": "Iran",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "IR",
      "iso3": "IRN",
      "isoNum": "364",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "middle-east-and-gulf",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Central Insurance of Iran (Bimeh Markazi)",
        "acronym": "CII",
        "website": "https://centinsur.ir",
        "regime": "Sanctioned market",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "IRR",
      "total": 26,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 22,
        "reinsurer": 3,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 1
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 22,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 3,
        "mutual-cooperative": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/iran/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/iran.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "iraq",
      "name": "Iraq",
      "workbookName": "Iraq",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "IQ",
      "iso3": "IRQ",
      "isoNum": "368",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "middle-east-and-gulf",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Iraqi Insurance Diwan",
        "acronym": "Iraqi Insurance Diwan",
        "website": null,
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "IQD",
      "total": 9,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 7,
        "reinsurer": 1,
        "takaful-islamic": 1
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 6,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 3
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/iraq/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/iraq.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "israel",
      "name": "Israel",
      "workbookName": "Israel",
      "continent": "asia-pacific",
      "iso2": "IL",
      "iso3": "ISR",
      "isoNum": "376",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "middle-east-and-gulf",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority",
        "acronym": "CMISA",
        "website": "https://gov.il/cma",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
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        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
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      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/israel.json"
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        "acronym": "FSA",
        "website": "https://fsa.go.jp",
        "regime": "Insurance Business Act; ESR from 2025",
        "registerSource": "FSA exports supplied by user: life (41, 1 Apr 2026), domestic non-life (35 + 2 reinsurers, 1 Apr 2026), foreign non-life branches (22, 30 Apr 2025), insurance holding companies (15, 1 Jun 2026)"
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        "status": "Verified - full register",
        "source": "FSA exports supplied by user: life (41, 1 Apr 2026), domestic non-life (35 + 2 reinsurers, 1 Apr 2026), foreign non-life branches (22, 30 Apr 2025), insurance holding companies (15, 1 Jun 2026)",
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        "acronym": "CBJ",
        "website": "https://cbj.gov.jo",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/jordan/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/jordan.json"
    },
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      "slug": "kazakhstan",
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        "acronym": "ARDFM",
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        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/kazakhstan/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/kazakhstan.json"
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        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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    },
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        "TJ",
        "TM"
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        "name": "National regulators of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan",
        "acronym": "National regulators",
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        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/kyrgyzstan-tajikistan-turkmenistan.json"
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        "acronym": "MoF",
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        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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      "slug": "lebanon",
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      "region": "middle-east-and-gulf",
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        "name": "Insurance Control Commission",
        "acronym": "ICC",
        "website": "https://icc.gov.lb",
        "regime": "Market impaired since 2019 crisis",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/lebanon/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/lebanon.json"
    },
    {
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        "name": "Monetary Authority of Macao",
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/macau.json"
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        "acronym": "BNM / LFSA",
        "website": "https://bnm.gov.my",
        "regime": "FSA 2013 / IFSA 2013",
        "registerSource": "BNM FSP Directory: Insurance Companies (33) + Takaful Operators and Reinsurers & Retakaful (21), user-supplied prints 4 Sep 2026"
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      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/malaysia.json"
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      "slug": "maldives",
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        "name": "Maldives Monetary Authority",
        "acronym": "MMA",
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        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/maldives/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/maldives.json"
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      "isoNum": "496",
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        "name": "Financial Regulatory Commission",
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        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
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        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
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      "url": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/countries/nepal/",
      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/nepal.json"
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        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
      },
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      "api": "https://asia-pacific.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/new-zealand.json"
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        "name": "Financial Services Authority (ex-CMA)",
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        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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        "VU",
        "SB",
        "CK",
        "KI"
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        "name": "National central banks and insurance supervisors (Reserve Bank of Vanuatu, Central Bank of Solomon Islands and others)",
        "acronym": "Central banks",
        "website": null,
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        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
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        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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        "name": "Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan",
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        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
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        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved in this pass; see Regulators sheet"
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        "source": "Market knowledge",
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        "status": "NOT verified",
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        "source": "Market knowledge",
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