Insurance companies in Uganda

How to check a company, broker or agent

1. Find the insurer in the list below or in IRA's licensed companies list.
2. For a broker, check IRA's authorised brokers; for an agent, the licensed agents list.
3. In doubt, write to ira@ira.go.ug before you pay.

How big they are: 2025 premium

IRA's Q4 2025 workbook gives each company's premium for 2025: UGX 1,001,535.0 million for the 19 non-life insurers and 978,535.8 million for the life insurers. The companies side by side, with claims ratios and complaints: largest insurance companies in Uganda; any two compared: compare two insurers. Medical insurers only: health insurance companies.

Being licensed is not a rating: Tulinde does not rank insurers. Each brand has a profile with its licences, contacts and figures — for example Old Mutual, Prudential, Jubilee, ICEA LION or Turaco.

Brokers, agents and the types of cover

• Brokers: IRA authorises 52 insurance brokers for 2026 — the list. A broker or agent must take premium only in the insurer's name (Insurance Act, s.90).
• What they sell: the 14 non-life and 6 life classes IRA reports — types of insurance in Uganda.
• The law behind the list: the Insurance Act explained.

The list: 34 licensed insurers in Uganda

As published by the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda — Insurance companies perpetually licensed (list published in August 2026). Names are reproduced as the regulator lists them. Being on this list means a company is licensed; it is not a rating or a recommendation.

Insurer profiles in Uganda

The main insurance groups, with every licensed company behind the brand and where else it is licensed.

• Britam Uganda2 licensed companies
• Jubilee Uganda1 licensed company
• ICEA LION Uganda2 licensed companies
• Sanlam Allianz Uganda2 licensed companies
• CIC Uganda2 licensed companies
• APA Uganda1 licensed company
• GA Insurance Uganda1 licensed company
• MUA Uganda1 licensed company
• Old Mutual Uganda2 licensed companies
• Liberty Uganda2 licensed companies
• Mayfair Uganda1 licensed company
• AAR Uganda1 licensed company
• Prudential Uganda1 licensed company
• Turaco Uganda1 licensed company
• NIC Uganda2 licensed companies
• Goldstar Uganda1 licensed company
• Swico (Statewide Insurance) Uganda1 licensed company
• Pax Uganda1 licensed company
• Excel Uganda1 licensed company
• Alliance Africa Uganda1 licensed company
• TransAfrica Uganda1 licensed company
• Mirai General Uganda1 licensed company

Sources

1. IRA Uganda — Insurance companies perpetually licensed (August 2026)
2. IRA Uganda — takaful operator licence (Tamini)
3. IRA Uganda — authorised health membership organisations 2026
4. IRA Uganda — authorised insurance brokers
5. IRA Uganda — 144 players set to drive insurance business in 2026
6. IRA Uganda — Industry Performance Q4 2025, life and non-life workbook (Summary, Non life, Life and HMO's sheets)