Bima MCP Server

🛡️ bima-mcp — Kenya Insurance Intelligence MCP Server

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Bima MCP server?

🛡️ bima-mcp — Kenya Insurance Intelligence MCP Server. Exposed over MCP by the bima mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

Insurance products exist — NHIF, parametric crop cover, microinsurance — but comparing them or checking eligibility requires navigating separate portals with no shared interface.

Adding it to your client

bima-mcp on PyPI is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • kenya_insurance_products — List IRA-registered products by type (health, life, crop, device)
  • nhif_coverage_query — Query NHIF benefits by hospital tier and procedure type
  • premium_estimate — Estimate monthly premiums for any coverage type + income bracket
  • parametric_crop_risk — NDMA-based crop insurance risk for smallholder farmers
  • compare_microinsurance — Compare affordable products by target group and budget
  • community_pool_calculator — Size a chama pooled insurance arrangement

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the bima mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Bima's toolset — kenya_insurance_products, nhif_coverage_query, premium_estimate and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by gabrielmahia; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
kenya_insurance_productsList IRA-registered products by type (health, life, crop, device)
nhif_coverage_queryQuery NHIF benefits by hospital tier and procedure type
premium_estimateEstimate monthly premiums for any coverage type + income bracket
parametric_crop_riskNDMA-based crop insurance risk for smallholder farmers
compare_microinsuranceCompare affordable products by target group and budget
community_pool_calculatorSize a chama pooled insurance arrangement

How to install the Bima MCP server

## Claude Desktop Integration

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bima-mcp": {
      "command": "bima-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Bima to kenya insurance products.
  • Use Bima to nhif coverage query.
  • Use Bima to premium estimate.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Bima to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 6 tools (kenya_insurance_products, nhif_coverage_query, premium_estimate, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Bima directly.