NEPSE sector
Life insurance companies listed on NEPSE.
Insurers selling long-term policies, regulated by the Nepal Insurance Board.
Close · 9 October 202614 companies, 4 other listed securities, 4 delisted or suspended
- Companies
- 14
- 5.0% of NEPSE’s listed companies
- Market value
- Rs 35,649 cr
- 8.0% of the exchange
- At the close
- +0.45%
- 13 rose, 1 fell, of 14 traded
- Median yield
- 2.71%
- 10 of 14 paid cash in 12 months
What actually moves these companies
Life insurers collect premiums for decades and pay claims over the same horizon, so their reported profit is a snapshot of a very long book.
The sector has been through a capital-raising cycle: minimum paid-up capital requirements pushed most of these companies through rights issues and mergers.
Worth knowing: Insurance results are reported on a lag and the numbers that matter (reserves and premium growth) are not on the price screen. This is a sector where reading the quarterly report is the whole job.
The 18 listed securities here are Asian Life Insurance Co Limited (ALICL), Citizen Life Insurance Company Limited (CLI), Crest Micro Life Insurance Limited (CREST), GUARDIAN MICRO LIFE INSURANCE LIMITED (GMLI), Himalayan Life Insurance Limited (HLI), Himalayan Life Insurance Limited (HLICF), I.M.E. Life Insurance company Limited (ILI), Life Insurance Corporation (Nepal) Limited (LICN), and 10 more listed below. That is 5.0% of the 280 companies listed on NEPSE.
The sector at a glance
- Listed securities
- 18
- Instrument mix
- 14 equity, 4 mutual funds
- Regulator
- Nepal Insurance Board
- Delisted or suspended
- 4
- Largest company
- NLIC
The largest companies
By market value, with each one’s share of the sector.
The year’s best and worst
One-year price return, adjusted for bonus shares. The 6 highest and 6 lowest in the sector.
Every life insurance company
14 companies with a price. Select a heading to sort; each symbol opens its stock page.
| NLICNepal Life Insurance Co. Ltd. | 720.00 | +0.42% | −1.8% | 2.23% | 6,826 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LICNLife Insurance Corporation (Nepal) Limited | 780.10 | +0.01% | −5.5% | 2.70% | 4,291 |
| NLICLNational Life Insurance Co. Ltd. | 568.00 | +0.92% | +0.8% | 1.50% | 3,233 |
| HLIHimalayan Life Insurance Limited | 294.00 | +0.03% | −23.0% | none | 2,688 |
| RNLIReliable Nepal Life Insurance Limited | 443.00 | +0.57% | −2.2% | 2.71% | 2,302 |
| PMLIPrabhu Mahalaxmi Life Insurance Limited | 419.00 | +0.24% | −10.0% | 1.06% | 2,224 |
| ALICLAsian Life Insurance Co. Limited | 418.40 | +1.06% | −4.9% | 1.32% | 2,197 |
| CLICitizen Life Insurance Company Limited | 432.00 | +0.70% | −4.4% | 4.63% | 2,160 |
| SNLISun Nepal Life Insurance Company Limited | 406.00 | +0.05% | −3.5% | 3.76% | 2,145 |
| ILIIME Life Insurance Company Limited | 427.00 | −0.12% | −1.8% | none | 2,135 |
| SJLICSuryaJyoti Life Insurance Company Limited | 417.00 | +0.51% | 0.0% | 3.12% | 2,090 |
| SRLISanima Reliance Life Insurance Limited | 371.90 | +1.36% | −3.4% | 2.74% | 1,865 |
| CRESTCrest Micro Life Insurance Limited | 1,050.00 | +0.06% | +0.4% | none | 788 |
| GMLIGuardian Micro Life Insurance Limited | 940.00 | +1.08% | −52.5% | none | 705 |
Other listed securities
Debentures, fund units and other instruments listed in the sector, from the registry as of 9 October 2026.
| Symbol | Instrument | Website |
|---|---|---|
| HLICFHimalayan Life Insurance Limited | Mutual Funds | |
| NSYNEPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED | Mutual Funds | nepallife.com.np |
| RSYReliable Nepal Life Insurance Ltd | Mutual Funds | reliablelife.com.np |
| RSY2Reliable Nepal Life Insurance Ltd | Mutual Funds | reliablelife.com.np |
No longer trading
Suspended or delisted. Most Nepali delistings are mergers: shareholders were issued shares in the listed survivor.
- GLICL Delisted
- JLI Delisted
- RLI Delisted
- ULI Delisted
The rest of the market
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About life insurance companies on NEPSE
- How many life insurance companies are listed on NEPSE?
- 14 life insurance companies are listed and trading on the Nepal Stock Exchange, alongside 4 other listed securities in the sector such as debentures and fund units. That count is from the exchange's registry as of 9 October 2026.
- Which is the largest life insurance company on NEPSE?
- By market value at the 9 October 2026 close, Nepal Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (NLIC) at Rs 6,826 cr, 19.1% of the sector's Rs 35,649 cr. Over the last year the best price return in the sector was NLICL, +0.8% (adjusted for bonus shares).
- What moves life insurance share prices in Nepal?
- The sector has been through a capital-raising cycle: minimum paid-up capital requirements pushed most of these companies through rights issues and mergers. Insurance results are reported on a lag and the numbers that matter (reserves and premium growth) are not on the price screen. This is a sector where reading the quarterly report is the whole job.
- Which life insurance companies have been delisted from NEPSE?
- 4 symbols in this sector are no longer trading: GLICL, JLI, RLI, ULI. Most Nepali delistings are mergers rather than failures: the company was absorbed into another listed institution and its shareholders were issued shares in the survivor.
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