Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority extends TPA compliance deadline to 10 July 2027 and keeps temporary licensing open for six months

The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority has extended by one year the deadline for health care program management companies, or Third Party Administration companies, to regularize their status under the requirements set out in its 2025 rules. The new deadline runs to 10 July 2027. The authority also decided to continue accepting applications for temporary licences from Third Party Administration companies and specialized medical insurance companies for six months from publication of the decision in the official gazette and its entry into force. The extension is intended to give firms more time to meet the regulatory, financial and technical conditions needed to continue operating. Those conditions include a requirement that firms in both activities be incorporated only as joint stock companies, with paid-up capital of EGP 75 million for specialized medical insurance companies and EGP 20 million for health care program management companies, alongside other requirements under the Unified Insurance Law No. 155 of 2024 and related Financial Regulatory Authority decisions. The authority linked the measures to its broader effort to organize the two activities within the non-bank financial services framework, strengthen governance and risk-bearing capacity, improve service efficiency and protect beneficiaries. So far, the authority has granted temporary licences to one specialized medical insurance company and eight health care program management companies. A larger number of firms are still in the process of fulfilling the regulatory requirements.