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Apex Insurance Retains Lead in Uzbekistan’s General Insurance

Apex Insurance Retains Lead in Uzbekistan’s General Insurance
Apex Insurance Retains Lead in Uzbekistan’s General Insurance / Photo: NAPP.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan’s largest general insurance companies recorded highly uneven growth in net insurance premiums in the first half of 2026, with market leader Apex Insurance JSC increasing premiums by 41.2%, while some large and medium-sized insurers posted significantly higher growth and others recorded declines, the National Agency of Perspective Projects (NAPP) said.

Total net insurance premiums in the general insurance sector rose 46.2% to 5.446 trillion soums, compared with 3.724 trillion soums a year earlier.

Apex Insurance JSC retained the top position with 1.524 trillion soums in premiums, nearly three times the figure recorded by its closest competitor, My-Insurance JSC. My-Insurance increased its premiums by 36.5% to 483.9 billion soums.

Kapital Sug'urta JSC moved into third place, more than doubling its premiums, which rose 108.2% to 480.9 billion soums.

O'zbekinvest JSC and Kafolat Sug'urta Kompaniyasi JSC also recorded notable growth, with premiums increasing 53.8% to 480.2 billion soums and 92.0% to 294.3 billion soums, respectively.

Among companies outside the top five, Imkon Sug'urta JSC recorded the strongest growth, with premiums rising nearly fourfold, or 293.1%, to 55.6 billion soums. Infinity Insurance JSC increased premiums by 163.1% to 69.0 billion soums, while Neo Insurance Corp JSC posted growth of 143.4% to 89.0 billion soums. Alfa Invest Sug'urta Kompaniyasi JSC also recorded significant growth of 88.0%, reaching 138.8 billion soums.

Not all companies increased their premiums. Asia Insurance Sug'urta Kompaniyasi JSC recorded a 9.5% decline to 60.9 billion soums, while Ishonch Sug'urta Kompaniyasi JSC fell 11.1% to 39.9 billion soums. The sharpest decline among operating companies was recorded by Semurg Sug'urta JSC, whose premiums fell 71.9% to 7.5 billion soums from 26.6 billion soums a year earlier.

A new participant also entered the reinsurance segment during the reporting period. O'zbekiston Qayta Sug'urta Kompaniyasi JSC collected 3.3 billion soums in net premiums.

Anvar Umarov
Anvar Umarov

Anvar Umarov is the founder and editor-in-chief of UzDaily, a leading business and news publication covering Uzbekistan and Central Asia. With over 20 years of experience in journalism, he has also worked as a PR manager for both state and private organizations, bringing a broad perspective on media, communications, and public affairs to his editorial leadership.