Harel Insurance
One of Israel's five major insurance and long-term-savings groups. Founded 1935. TASE: HARL. Health, life, and pension franchise.
Fact box
| Type | Publicly traded insurance and financial holding group |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1935 |
| Headquarters | Ramat Gan, Israel |
| Listed | Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (HARL) |
| Principal businesses | Health insurance; life insurance; pension management; general insurance; provident funds |
| Regulator | Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings Authority (Israel Ministry of Finance) |
Harel sits inside the top-five Israeli insurance and long-term-savings cluster alongside Migdal, Clal, Phoenix Holdings, and Menora Mivtachim. The group has held one of the larger Israeli health-insurance positions for an extended period, and operates a substantial financial-services arm in addition to the core insurance and pension franchises.
As with its peer set, Harel's institutional weight derives from the long-duration savings pools it administers — making the group, alongside the other top-four, a principal buyer of Israeli sovereign debt, Israeli equity, and the rising overseas-allocation share that defines the post-2023 long-duration capital flow.
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