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Egyptian insurers’ assets reach 418.931 billion pounds

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The combined assets of Egyptian insurance companies reached about 418.931 billion pounds at the end of 2025. The figure comes from consolidated balance sheets following the application of Egyptian Accounting Standard No. 50, which measures the scale of the national insurance market, according to the Egyptian daily Al-Youm al-Sabea.

The assets of insurance companies operating in Egypt reached 418.931 billion Egyptian pounds at the end of 2025, compared with 361.829 billion a year earlier. This increase is reflected in the companies’ balance sheets following the application of Egyptian Accounting Standard No. 50, according to data from the Egyptian insurance market.

Insurers’ investments rose to 365.104 billion pounds, compared with 319.737 billion in 2024. Their cash and bank balances reached 9.505 billion pounds, compared with 9.106 billion, while insurance contract assets increased from 1.036 billion to 1.561 billion pounds. Reinsurance contract assets also stood at 21.350 billion pounds, compared with 18 billion the previous year, according to the balance sheet statement.

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