Afghanistan · South Asia · class G

General (non-life) insurance companies in Afghanistan

9 licensed general (non-life) insurers, 90% of the 10 insurance entities supervised by the Afghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance). Short-term property, casualty, motor, marine and other non-life covers.

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CompanyClassParent / groupOwnershipRegulatorVerificationPopularity
Afghan Global Insurance
Registered as Afghan Global Insurance Company (AGI)
GGeneral (Non-life)AGIDomestic privateAfghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Partial84 Confidence: Medium
Insurance Corp of Afghanistan
Registered as Insurance Corporation of Afghanistan (ICA)
GGeneral (Non-life)ICADomestic privateAfghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Partial—
Sky International Insurance
Ownership not researched. Kabul (Qala-e-Fathullah); skyint.insure.
GGeneral (Non-life)Parent not named in registerDomestic privateAfghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Partial—
Sadra Insurance Company
The register says its stock is 'entirely in ownership of individuals and non governmental entities', so domestic private; no parent company is named. Products include micro insurance but no life product, so G rather than M or C.; Ownership not researched
GGeneral (Non-life)Parent not named in registerDomestic privateAfghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Partial—
Capital Star Insurance
Ownership not researched. The register gives its GDTI registration as A0008 - the only licence identifier on the whole page.
GGeneral (Non-life)Parent not named in registerDomestic privateAfghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Partial—
Khairkhwa International Insurance
The register names it a subsidiary of the Khair Khaw Group of Companies. The page spells the company 'Khairkhwa' in its heading and 'Khair Khaw International Insurance - KII' in the body text; the heading spelling is used here.
GGeneral (Non-life)Khair Khaw Group of CompaniesDomestic privateAfghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Partial—
Razi Insurance Company (Kabul Branch)
Branch of an Iranian insurer (licence 5194 of the Central Bank of Iran, per the register). Coded FM as a foreign-parented operation; the parent is in Asia, not outside the continent, but no code for an intra-continental foreign parent exists.
GGeneral (Non-life)Razi Insurance Company (Iran)Foreign multinationalAfghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Partial—
Alborz Insurance Company (Kabul Branch)
Branch of the Tehran-listed Iranian insurer founded 1959. Coded FM as a foreign-parented operation; see the note on Razi about the intra-continental parent.
GGeneral (Non-life)Alborz Insurance Company (Iran)Foreign multinationalAfghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Partial—
Kowsar Insurance Company (Kabul Branch)
The register says the main office is in Iran and that its Afghan presence rests on a licence from the Intellectual Property Directorate of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, not from GDTI - see caveats. Coded FM as a foreign-parented operation.
GGeneral (Non-life)Kowsar Insurance Company (Iran)Foreign multinationalAfghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)Partial—

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About general (non-life) insurers in Afghanistan

How many general (non-life) insurers are licensed in Afghanistan?

9 of the 10 licensed insurance entities this directory lists in Afghanistan are classified as general (non-life) (90%). Partially verified against the regulator register.

Who regulates general (non-life) insurers in Afghanistan?

Afghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance) (Afghanistan Insurance Authority (Ministry of Finance)).

Who owns the general (non-life) insurers in Afghanistan?

Of the 9 licensed general (non-life) insurers in Afghanistan, 6 are domestic private companies and 3 are subsidiaries of foreign multinational groups (Alborz Insurance Company (Iran), Kowsar Insurance Company (Iran), Razi Insurance Company (Iran)), as recorded in the register.

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