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Balance-sheet totals and median regulatory capital cover by insurer segment
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Balance-sheet totals and median regulatory capital cover by insurer segment
The data are from regulatory returns by South African-registered insurers. Balance sheets are group totals by insurer category in R million. Cover ratios are medians. The six shown categories omit groups without a paired aggregate.
| Source | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life primary | March 2025 | 4,494,639.0 | 4,122,435.0 | 4,270,103.0 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 4,494,639.0 | Unavailable | Source 1 |
| Life primary | March 2026 | 5,232,733.0 | 4,834,197.0 | 5,009,849.0 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 4,494,639.0 | 16.4 | Source 1 |
| Life cell captive | March 2025 | 30,369.0 | 9,710.0 | 36,014.0 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 30,369.0 | Unavailable | Source 1 |
| Life cell captive | March 2026 | 26,255.0 | 6,650.0 | 37,132.0 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 30,369.0 | -13.5 | Source 1 |
| Non-life primary | March 2025 | 223,971.0 | 118,266.0 | 154,832.0 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 223,971.0 | Unavailable | Source 1 |
| Non-life primary | March 2026 | 261,091.0 | 135,033.0 | 186,177.0 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 223,971.0 | 16.6 | Source 1 |
| Non-life cell captive | March 2025 | 58,382.0 | 40,932.0 | 50,115.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 58,382.0 | Unavailable | Source 1 |
| Non-life cell captive | March 2026 | 66,782.0 | 47,356.0 | 58,409.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 58,382.0 | 14.4 | Source 1 |
| Non-life captive | March 2025 | 38,079.0 | 15,052.0 | 31,205.0 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 38,079.0 | Unavailable | Source 1 |
| Non-life captive | March 2026 | 44,208.0 | 17,732.0 | 37,398.0 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 38,079.0 | 16.1 | Source 1 |
| Composite reinsurers | March 2025 | 37,990.0 | 28,005.0 | 22,195.0 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 37,990.0 | Unavailable | Source 1 |
| Composite reinsurers | March 2026 | 42,965.0 | 29,934.0 | 23,989.0 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 37,990.0 | 13.1 | Source 1 |