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Eswatini insurance premiums rise by up to 18.52% in second quarter

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In Eswatini, gross long-term insurance premiums rose by 18.52% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, reaching 641.19 million emalangeni. Short-term insurance premiums increased by 15.60% to 738.62 million emalangeni, while sector assets stood at 8.01 billion, according to the financial regulator’s quarterly bulletin.

Gross premiums written in Eswatini’s long-term insurance sector rose by 18.52% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, reaching 641.19 million emalangeni, compared with 541.01 million a year earlier, according to the quarterly statistical bulletin of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), the kingdom’s financial services regulator.

The short-term insurance sector also grew, with gross premiums up 15.60% to 738.62 million emalangeni, compared with 638.94 million in the second quarter of 2025, according to the same bulletin on non-bank financial institutions.

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