Clal Insurance
One of Israel's five major insurance and long-term-savings groups. Founded 1962. TASE: CLIS. Life, pension, and health insurance franchise.
Fact box
| Type | Publicly traded insurance and financial holding group |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1962 |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Listed | Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (CLIS) |
| Principal businesses | Life insurance; pension management; health insurance; general insurance; financial services |
| Regulator | Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings Authority (Israel Ministry of Finance) |
Clal sits inside the top-five Israeli insurance and long-term-savings cluster alongside Migdal, Harel, Phoenix Holdings, and Menora Mivtachim. The five groups together manage the principal Israeli long-duration savings pools — pensions, provident funds, and study-fund assets — and operate as the dominant domestic institutional allocators.
Clal's franchise mix carries a meaningful health-insurance share alongside the standard life and general-insurance lines. Ownership structure at Clal has been the subject of recurring regulatory attention over the past decade; the Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings Authority maintains active supervision of holding structure and policyholder protections across the group.
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