Continent

Africa

54 markets, 1,237 licensed entities: 34 fully verified, 15 partially verified against a register or list that may be incomplete and 5 not yet verified (compiled from market knowledge and public sources).

Markets from Morocco to South Africa, each read from its supervisor’s register where one is published.

Map of Africa shaded by number of licensed insurers
Licensed insurers per country1–56–1213–2324–3839+not yet covered

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CountryRegionTotalLifeNon-lifeCompositeReHealthOtherRegulatorVerification
AlgeriaNorth Africa258120104CSAVerified
AngolaCentral Africa230516110ARSEGVerified
BeninWest Africa13670000CIMA / CRCAVerified
BotswanaSouthern Africa3912130905NBFIRAVerified
Burkina FasoWest Africa15780000CIMA / CRCAVerified
BurundiEast Africa2311120000ARCAVerified
Cabo VerdeWest Africa3002001BCVVerified
CameroonCentral Africa2910150301CIMA / CRCAVerified
Central African RepublicCentral Africa1001000CIMA / CRCAUnverified
ChadCentral Africa2011000CIMA / CRCAUnverified
ComorosIndian Ocean9011007BCCUnverified
Côte d'IvoireWest Africa4113220501CIMA / CRCAVerified
Democratic Republic of the CongoCentral Africa12370200ARCAVerified
DjiboutiEast Africa2002000Ministry of Economy and Finance (Insurance Directorate)Partial
EgyptNorth Africa38121500110FRAVerified
Equatorial GuineaCentral Africa5140000CIMA / CRCAPartial
EritreaEast Africa1001000Bank of EritreaVerified
EswatiniSouthern Africa21741225FSRAVerified
EthiopiaEast Africa190018100NBEPartial
GabonCentral Africa12460101CIMA / CRCAVerified
GhanaWest Africa4817270400NICVerified
GuineaWest Africa12224004BCRGPartial
Guinea-BissauWest Africa2011000CIMA / CRCAPartial
KenyaEast Africa6419300546IRAVerified
LesothoSouthern Africa10640000CBLVerified
LiberiaWest Africa16034009CBLVerified
LibyaNorth Africa66036144012Libyan Insurance Supervisory AuthorityVerified
MadagascarIndian Ocean5004001CSBFVerified
MalawiSouthern Africa15680100RBMVerified
MaliWest Africa12480000CIMA / CRCAPartial
MauritaniaNorth Africa180312003Direction du Controle des Assurances (Ministry of Finance)Partial
MauritiusIndian Ocean328130029FSCVerified
MoroccoNorth Africa252371012ACAPSVerified
MozambiqueSouthern Africa252153131ISSMVerified
NamibiaSouthern Africa3014120103NAMFISAVerified
NigerWest Africa8260000CIMA / CRCAPartial
NigeriaWest Africa5112288300NAICOMPartial
Republic of the CongoCentral Africa6013002CIMA / CRCAPartial
RwandaEast Africa14390020BNRPartial
São Tomé and PríncipeCentral Africa2011000BCSTPVerified
SenegalWest Africa289180100CIMA / CRCAPartial
SeychellesIndian Ocean163210010FSAVerified
Sierra LeoneWest Africa6014100SLICOMPartial
SomaliaEast Africa4000004CBSPartial
South AfricaSouthern Africa14063630806PA / FSCAVerified
South SudanEast Africa2011000BoSSUnverified
SudanNorth Africa190001216ISAPartial
TanzaniaEast Africa406260422TIRAVerified
The GambiaWest Africa11121007CBGVerified
TogoWest Africa7123100CIMA / CRCAUnverified
TunisiaNorth Africa277012305CGAVerified
UgandaEast Africa369190215IRA-UVerified
ZambiaSouthern Africa389240500PIAVerified
ZimbabweSouthern Africa691219011027IPECVerified

“Other” covers takaful, microinsurance, funeral, specialty and captive licences, and register entries that do not state a class.