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Directory · Delaware · Updated 2026-10-18
Insurance companies licensed in Delaware
Every property and casualty insurer admitted in Delaware and every eligible surplus lines insurer, with NAIC numbers, the lines each is licensed for, who writes the most of each line, and the market of last resort when nobody else will.
1,202 property and casualty insurers are on Delaware's regulator lists: 1,202 licensed (admitted) companies and 0 eligible surplus lines insurers for risks the standard market turns down.
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The market
Who can insure you in Delaware
1,202licensed (admitted) property and casualty insurers on the regulator's list
0eligible surplus lines insurers for hard-to-place risks
216Treasury-certified sureties licensed here
141insurers domiciled in Delaware
Bonds
Treasury-certified sureties licensed in Delaware
Companies on the U.S. Treasury's Circular 570 (acceptable sureties on federal bonds) that list a Delaware license, with each one's federal underwriting limit.
All companies
Every insurer on Delaware's lists
Source: the Delaware insurance regulator company list, read 2026-10-18. Delaware DOI Active Company List (sheet 'Active Company 10.01.2026'; updated monthly, link scraped from https://insurance.delaware.gov/divisions/berg/authorizedcompanies/). All 2279 active rows kept with COMPANY TYPE so the merge can filter (e.g. type == 'Property Casualty'); no lines of authority in the file; 1686 rows carry a NAIC code (TPAs, PBMs, rating/advisory orgs, reinsurance intermediaries and premium finance companies mostly do not). No DE surplus lines eligibility list exists (NRRA home-state rule + NAIC Quarterly Listing of Alien Insurers); DE-domiciled surplus lines insurers are in admitted with type 'Domestic Surplus Lines Company'. Types: Property Casualty 937; Life And Health 444; Third Party Administrator 334; Risk Retention Group 117; Accredited Reinsurer 79; Reciprocal Jurisdiction 66; Pharmacy Benefits Manager 62; Reinsurance Intermediary 45; Domestic Surplus Lines Company 38; Certified Reinsurer 28; Title 25; Fraternal 22; Rating Organization 21; Premium Finance Company 18; Health Maintenance Organization 13; Advisory Organization 6; Dental Plan Organization 6; Multiline Company 3; Medicare Prescription Drug Plan 3; Captive Insurer 3; Surety Company 2; Health Service Organization 2; Workers Comp Self Insurance Fund 2; Captive Risk Retention Group 1; Domiciled Trust 1; Manage Care Organization 1
Method and source
Source: the Delaware insurance regulator company list, read 2026-10-18. Delaware DOI Active Company List (sheet 'Active Company 10.01.2026'; updated monthly, link scraped from https://insurance.delaware.gov/divisions/berg/authorizedcompanies/). All 2279 active rows kept with COMPANY TYPE so the merge can filter (e.g. type == 'Property Casualty'); no lines of authority in the file; 1686 rows carry a NAIC code (TPAs, PBMs, rating/advisory orgs, reinsurance intermediaries and premium finance companies mostly do not). No DE surplus lines eligibility list exists (NRRA home-state rule + NAIC Quarterly Listing of Alien Insurers); DE-domiciled surplus lines insurers are in admitted with type 'Domestic Surplus Lines Company'. Types: Property Casualty 937; Life And Health 444; Third Party Administrator 334; Risk Retention Group 117; Accredited Reinsurer 79; Reciprocal Jurisdiction 66; Pharmacy Benefits Manager 62; Reinsurance Intermediary 45; Domestic Surplus Lines Company 38; Certified Reinsurer 28; Title 25; Fraternal 22; Rating Organization 21; Premium Finance Company 18; Health Maintenance Organization 13; Advisory Organization 6; Dental Plan Organization 6; Multiline Company 3; Medicare Prescription Drug Plan 3; Captive Insurer 3; Surety Company 2; Health Service Organization 2; Workers Comp Self Insurance Fund 2; Captive Risk Retention Group 1; Domiciled Trust 1; Manage Care Organization 1 Lines are the regulator's licensed lines grouped into common names; a license to write a line doesn't mean a company sells it to every kind of customer. "Admitted" means licensed by the state and backed by its guaranty fund; "surplus lines" means eligible to take risks the admitted market declines, without rate or form approval and without guaranty fund protection.
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