Africa's first parametric development insurer
A hybrid mutual insurer and financial affiliate of the African Risk Capacity Group, ARC Ltd. provides parametric insurance services to African Union member states and farmer organisations to pool disaster-related risk across Africa and transfer it to international risk markets.
Our 5 Year Vision
to cover at least 35 African countries and over 150 million Africans annually by 2025.
Member states without MoUs
Member states which have signed
MoUs Cumulative historical payouts
Benin » Burkina Faso USD 1,2 million » Burundi » Central African Republic » Chad » Comoros » Côte d’Ivoire USD 3,5 million » Djibouti » Gabon » The Gambia » Ghana » Guinea » Guinea-Bissau » Kenya » Lesotho » Liberia » Libya » Madagascar USD 13,6 million » Malawi USD 22,3 million » Mali USD 21,7 million » Mauritania USD 9,2 million » Mozambique » Niger USD 5,6 million » Nigeria » Republic of Congo » Rwanda » Somalia » Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe » Senegal USD 39,7 million » Sierra Leone » Sudan » Togo » Uganda » Zambia USD 5,4 million » Zimbabwe USD 1,7 million
Founded in 2014, the African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd) is a hybrid mutual insurer and financial affiliate of the African Risk Capacity Group.
The organisation provides parametric insurance services to AU Member States and farmer organisations, employing innovative financing mechanisms to pool disaster-related risk across Africa and transferring it to international risk markets. In so doing, it improves the continent’s response to climate-related disasters and contributes to resilience building and ultimately to food security. Efforts are ongoing to ensure the ARC product portfolio is reflective of the needs of Member States and provides progressive solutions to weather-related disasters.
ARC Ltd was established with a specific commercial mandate as a Class 2 mutual insurance company with seed capital funding. Its membership is by African Governments comprising of countries who have taken up a policy in any particular year, as well as capital contributors. It is seeded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Germany’s KfW through BMZ. It will eventually be wholly owned by African sovereigns.
ARC Ltd carries out commercial insurance functions of risk pooling and risk transfer in accordance with national regulations for parametric weather insurance in Bermuda (where it is located until such time that an equally favorable legal and regulatory regime exists in an AU Member State). By transferring the burden of natural disaster risks away from governments and their populations, the organisation facilitates a more deliberated response approach to disasters. It disburses financing to fund pre-approved contingency plans to respond rapidly and predictably to disasters.