50 groups

Insurance groups across borders

Groups with licensed entities in two or more countries, across Africa. Footprint counts are based on entities present in this directory, so a group may operate in more markets than shown. For EU/EEA undertakings the parent is inferred from the entity name.

10 of these groups are controlled by one of the 59 Internationally Active Insurance Groups in the IAIS register (19 IAIGs hold entities here). Type “IAIG” in the filter to list them.

Connected markets · An architectural study

South Africa / Germany

Sanlam Allianz

22 countries · 35 entities

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire and 16 more

Cote d'Ivoire

Sunu Group

15 countries · 23 entities

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and 9 more

Cote d'Ivoire

NSIA Group

12 countries · 19 entities

Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea and 6 more

South Africa

Old Mutual Ltd

11 countries · 19 entities

Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia and 5 more

South Africa

Hollard Group

7 countries · 16 entities

Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and 1 more

Cameroon

Activa Group

7 countries · 8 entities

Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and 1 more

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Group	Home market	Type	IAIG	Countries	Entities	Footprint
Sanlam Allianz	South Africa / Germany	Pan-African group	IAIG	22	35	Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia
Sunu Group	Cote d'Ivoire	Pan-African group		15	23	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Togo
NSIA Group	Cote d'Ivoire	Pan-African group		12	19	Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Togo
Old Mutual Ltd	South Africa	Pan-African group	IAIG	11	19	Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Hollard Group	South Africa	Pan-African group		7	16	Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia
Activa Group	Cameroon	Pan-African group		7	8	Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
AXA	France	Foreign multinational	IAIG	7	8	Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal
Prudential plc	UK	Foreign multinational	IAIG	7	7	Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia
Momentum Group	South Africa	Pan-African group		6	11	Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa
Britam Holdings	Kenya	Pan-African group		6	9	Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
SAAR Group	Cameroon	Pan-African group		6	9	Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal
Liberty / Standard Bank Group	South Africa	Pan-African group		6	8	Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, Uganda
MUA (Mauritius Union)	Mauritius	Pan-African group		6	7	Kenya, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda
Mayfair Group	Kenya	Pan-African group		6	6	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Absa Group	South Africa	Pan-African group		4	6	Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania
Attijariwafa Bank	Morocco	Domestic private		4	6	Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco, Senegal
Jubilee Holdings	Kenya	Pan-African group		4	6	Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
AFG (African Financial Group)		Pan-African group		4	5	Benin, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire
Allianz	Germany	Foreign multinational	IAIG	4	5	Egypt, Madagascar, Morocco, South Africa
Continental Re	Nigeria	Pan-African group		4	5	Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria
Africa Re	Nigeria (multilateral)	Regional / multilateral		4	4	Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa
Kenya Re	Kenya	Pan-African group		4	4	Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia
WAICA Re	Sierra Leone	Pan-African group		4	4	Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe
CIC Group	Kenya	Pan-African group		3	6	Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda
ICEA Lion	Kenya	Pan-African group		3	5	Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Enterprise Group	Ghana	Pan-African group		3	4	The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria
GA Insurance	Kenya	Pan-African group		3	4	Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Ghana Re	Ghana	Pan-African group		3	3	Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya
Sanlam Group	South Africa	Pan-African group	IAIG	2	14	Namibia, South Africa
Apollo Group	Kenya	Pan-African group		2	4	Kenya, Uganda
Coris Holding	Burkina Faso	Pan-African group		2	4	Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire
Standard Bank Group		Pan-African group		2	4	Nigeria, South Africa
AIG	USA	Foreign multinational	IAIG	2	3	Egypt, South Africa
AMSA Group	Senegal	Pan-African group		2	3	Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal
Coronation Group	Nigeria	Pan-African group		2	3	Ghana, Nigeria
L'Africaine des Assurances	Benin	Pan-African group		2	3	Benin, Equatorial Guinea
Leadway Group	Nigeria	Pan-African group		2	3	Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria
Mutual Benefits	Nigeria	Pan-African group		2	3	Liberia, Nigeria
Salama (UAE)	UAE	Foreign multinational		2	3	Algeria, Egypt
Bupa	UK	Foreign multinational	IAIG	2	2	Egypt, Kenya
Chubb	USA	Foreign multinational	IAIG	2	2	Egypt, South Africa
CIF		Pan-African group		2	2	Benin, Burkina Faso
Coface	France	Foreign multinational		2	2	Morocco, South Africa
Fidelidade (Fosun)	Portugal / China	Foreign multinational		2	2	Angola, Mozambique
Grand Re	Zimbabwe	Pan-African group		2	2	Tanzania, Zimbabwe
New India Assurance		Foreign multinational		2	2	Mauritius, Nigeria
Societe Generale	France	Foreign multinational	IAIG	2	2	Morocco, Tunisia
Trust Group (Bahrain)	Bahrain	Foreign multinational		2	2	Algeria, Libya
Turaco		Pan-African group		2	2	Kenya, Uganda
ZEP-RE	Kenya (COMESA)	Regional / multilateral		2	2	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe