Guinea-Bissau · West Africa
GUINEBIS SA
Profile highlights
3 badgesGeneral (Non-life)
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Domestic private
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Listed in Africa
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Also written 'Guiné-Bissau Seguros S.A.'; a search excerpt says it was created by DC-L nº 1/97 (not confirmed on a primary page). Brown Card member (motor) and a health insurer per the National Health Accounts, so classed non-life; whether it writes life business is unknown. Ownership not researched (the Brown Card bureau address is c/o the state social-security institute INSPS, which does not establish ownership).
Official sources
This directory holds no official website for GUINEBIS SA: the CIMA / CRCA register does not publish one and no sourced profile has been accepted. The register is the authoritative record of who is licensed.
Business profile
Understanding GUINEBIS SA
Sources checked
Products and claims preparation
GUINEBIS lists motor, ECOWAS motor, travel assistance, travel health, liability, fire, credit guarantee, marine hull and cargo insurance. For claims, its website asks customers to provide identification, their policy number, an incident description and relevant supporting documents. Policies can be arranged through its office and distribution partners.
About general (non-life) business
General insurance covers specified losses to property, vehicles or businesses and liabilities to other people. The directory category is broad; the insurer's policy documents establish which risks a particular product covers.
General guidance for the directory category. Specific products and terms must be confirmed with GUINEBIS SA.
Explore the Guinea-Bissau insurance market or other entries in this category.
Questions to ask about cover
- Which events and assets are covered, and what exclusions apply?
- What excess, valuation basis and claim limit apply to each section?
- How do I notify a loss and obtain approval before repairs?
For an existing policy, use the insurer and service contact named on your policy schedule. Have your policy reference and a short description of the enquiry ready.
- Class of business
- General (Non-life)Short-term property, casualty, motor, marine and other non-life covers.
- Parent / group
- Parent not named in registerThe register records no parent for this entity, which is not a finding that it has none.
- Ownership
- Domestic privateOwned by domestic private shareholders with no cross-border parent.
- Regulator
- CIMA (regional) / Direction des Assurances (CIMA / CRCA)cima-afrique.org
- Local currency
- XOF
- Source basis
- CIMA/CRCA Décision n°017/D/CIMA/CRCA/PDT/2025, 14 Feb 2025 (https://cima-afrique.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Decision-n°017-25-Infligeant-une-amende-a-la-societe-GUINEBIS.pdf), retrieved 2026-09-26.
- Country verification
- Partially verified - CIMA/CRCA decision (Feb 2025) confirms GUINEBIS SA; NSIA confirmed by group and company sources only · CIMA/CRCA Décision n°017/D/CIMA/CRCA/PDT/2025 of 14 Feb 2025, 'infligeant une amende à la société GUINEBIS SA, Bissau 01 (République de Guinée-Bissau)' for late filing of its 2023 annual return (https://cima-afrique.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Decision-n°017-25-Infligeant-une-amende-a-la-societe-GUINEBIS.pdf, retrieved 2026-09-26). CIMA, 'Communiqué final du Conseil des Ministres du 08 août 2024' (https://cima-afrique.org/communique-final-du-conseil-des-ministres-du-08-aout-2024/, retrieved 2026-09-26) for the derogation. ECOWAS Brown Card, Guinée-Bissau national bureau page (https://www.cartebrune.org/Guinee-Bissau.html, © 2019, retrieved 2026-09-26) lists three member insurers: GUINEBIS, SUNU ASSURANCE, NSIA ASSURANCE. WHO/Ministry of Health, Guinea-Bissau National Health Accounts 2018-2021 (https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2024-05/...GUINÉ-BISSAU_2018_2021web.pdf) names 'as seguradoras NSIA e GUINEBIS'. No count of licensed companies found.
- Identifiers
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