United Arab Emirates · Middle East & Gulf · class X
Specialty / credit / captive insurance companies in United Arab Emirates
2 licensed specialty / credit / captive insurers, 3% of the 68 insurance entities supervised by the Central Bank of the UAE (Insurance) / DFSA / ADGM FSRA. Credit, trade, legal-expenses, captive, agricultural, statutory-scheme or other specialist carriers.
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| Company | Class | Parent / group | Ownership | Regulator | Verification | Popularity |
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| Etihad Credit InsuranceState-owned Export credit; Etihad Credit Insurance, the federal export credit company founded in 2018 and owned by the federal and emirate governments (its own site, via web search), is not on the CBUAE register of July 2025. The register's Export Credit Insurance Company of the Emirates (reg. 087) was first registered on 1 Jun 2009, before ECI existed, so it is treated as a separate company and added; a reviewer should confirm that the two are not the same legal entity. | XSpecialty / Credit / Captive | UAE Government | State-owned / parastatal | CBUAE | Partial | — |
| Export Credit Insurance Company of the Emirates National licensee (Dubai), first registered 1 Jun 2009 per the CBUAE Feb 2022 entity list; class X from the name (export credit); not matched to row 1549 Etihad Credit Insurance, which was founded in 2018; ownership not researched | XSpecialty / Credit / Captive | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | CBUAE | Partial | — |
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About specialty / credit / captive insurers in United Arab Emirates
How many specialty / credit / captive insurers are licensed in United Arab Emirates?
2 of the 68 licensed insurance entities this directory lists in United Arab Emirates are classified as specialty / credit / captive (3%). Partially verified against the regulator register.
Who regulates specialty / credit / captive insurers in United Arab Emirates?
Central Bank of the UAE (Insurance) / DFSA / ADGM FSRA (CBUAE). Regime: Federal Decree-Law 48/2023; CBUAE supervision; DIFC and ADGM regulated separately. Official website: https://centralbank.ae.
Who owns the specialty / credit / captive insurers in United Arab Emirates?
Of the 2 licensed specialty / credit / captive insurers in United Arab Emirates, 1 is a domestic private company and 1 is state-owned or parastatal (UAE Government), as recorded in the register.
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