Life premium volume (USD) | 11 mn |
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Non-life premium volume (USD) | 99 mn |
Total premium volume | 110 mn |
Total premium volume (UGX) | 240 bn |
Insurance penetration: Premiums in % of GDP | 0.45% |
Insurance density: Premium / capita USD | 3.61 |
Local currency | UGX |
Domestic life insurers | 8 |
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Domestic non-life insurers | 23 |
Domestic composite insurers | 0 |
Foreign life insurers | 0 |
Foreign non-life insurers | 0 |
Foreign composite insurers | 0 |
Domestic reinsurers | 2 |
Foreign reinsurers | 2 |
State-owned insurers | 0 |
State-owned reinsurers | 0 |
Insurance intermediaries | 48 |
Reinsurance intermediaries | 3 |
Overarching principle in insurance supervision | Material supervision |
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Requirement for minimum insurance rates | Yes |
Cross-border insurance allowed | No |
Bancassurance is allowed | Yes |
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Allowed ownership structures | Stock Companies |
Foreign ownership restrictions | No |
Minimum capital requirement | Life: $810000; General $1,080,000; Reinsurers $2,700,000 |
Minimum paid-up share capital | Life: UGX3,000,000,000; General UGX4,000,000,000; Reinsurers UGX10,000,000,000 |
Requirement for independent audits | Yes |
Requirement to appoint actuaries | Yes |
Premium rate approval needed | Yes |
Solvency referred to as the difference between assets and liabilities | Yes |
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RBC (Risk-based capital) principles applied | Yes |
Ceded reinsurance is regarded as a permissible asset | Yes |
Compulsory insurance lines | Motor TP, Workers Compensation and Marine/GIT (Imports) |
Compulsory reinsurance cessions | Yes |
Established guarantee or policyholder protection fund | No |
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