West Africa

Oldest insurer in Burkina (1974)

Registered as Garantia - Companhia de Seguros de Cabo Verde, S.A.

Registered as Impar - Companhia Caboverdiana de Seguros, SARL

Registered as AXA COTE D'IVOIRE

Merger of Saham and Allianz CI; Registered as SANLAMALLIANZ CÔTE D'IVOIRE ASSURANCES

Registered as GENERATION NOUVELLE D'ASSURANCES COTE D'IVOIRE (GNA-CI)

Registered as LEADWAY ASSURANCE IARD

Group HQ Abidjan; Registered as NSIA COTE D'IVOIRE (NSIA-CI)

Registered as SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE D'ASSURANCES MULTIRISQUES (SIDAM S.A)

Group HQ Abidjan; Registered as SUNU ASSURANCES IARD

Registered as YAKO AFRICA ASSURANCES VIE

Registered as ATLANTIQUE ASSURANCES VIE (AA VIE)

Registered as NSIA VIE ASSURANCES (NSIA-VIE)

Registered as PRUDENTIAL BELIFE INSURANCE

Registered as WAFA ASSURANCE COTE D'IVOIRE VIE

Private regional reinsurer

Regional subsidiary; Registered as KENYA RE (Filiale)

Registered as NCA-RE

Registered as Gambia National Insurance Company Ltd

Registered as Prime Insurance Company Ltd

Registered as Enterprise Life Assurance Company Ltd

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Formerly Wapic Ghana

Licensed post-2020

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Listed

Merger of Allianz and Saham Ghana

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Newer NIC-licensed life insurer

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Merger of Allianz Life and Saham Life Ghana

Registered as NSIA-ASSURANCE GUINEE

Registered as SUNU ASSURANCES

Union Guineenne d'Assurances et de Reassurances; Registered as UGAR ACTIVA

Registered as MEDICARE INSURANCE COMPANY (MIC)

Registered as MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSURANCE (MBA)

Registered as ACTIVA INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (AIIC)

Registered as SKY INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (SIIC)

Registered as Assurances Bleues (CNAR)

Registered as SAHAM Assurances Mali

Registered as Assurances LAFIA S.A.

Registered as SAHAM Assurances - Niger

Registered as SUNU Assurances - IARD / Niger

Registered as Compagnie d'Assurances et de Reassurances du Niger (CAREN)

Registered as Societe Nigerienne d'Assurances et de Reassurances (SNAR) Leyma

Registered as Nigerienne d'Assurances et de Reassurances (NIA)

Confirmed 13 Aug 2026

Confirmed 13 Aug 2026

NGX-listed

Exited life business Sep 2026; portfolio to CHI Life

Confirmed 13 Aug 2026

Formerly Royal Exchange General

Confirmed 13 Aug 2026

Formerly Saham Unitrust

Confirmed 13 Aug 2026

Confirmed 13 Aug 2026

Confirmed 13 Aug 2026

Multilateral; not subject to NIIRA recapitalisation

Group HQ Lagos

Group HQ Dakar; Registered as AMSA

Registered as NSIA

Registered as SANLAMALLIANZ

Registered as SUNU

Registered as WAFA

Registered as ASKIA

Agricultural insurer

Registered as CNART

Registered as PRÉVOYANCE ASSURANCES

Registered as SONAM GENERALE ASSURANCES

Registered as SONAM VIE SA

Registered as National Insurance Company

Registered as Reliance Insurance Trust Corporation

Registered as Sierra Leone Insurance Company

Freetown HQ; subsidiaries in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tunisia

Regional reinsurer; Lome HQ

Established 4 Oct 2024 per BCV; BCV list gives no class of business; ownership not researched; Registered as Aliança Seguros, S.A.

Parent taken from the name, as for the non-life sister row Coris Assurances Cote d'Ivoire; ownership not researched

Parent taken from the name, as for the non-life sister row Leadway Assurance Cote d'Ivoire; also authorised for takaful products; ownership not researched

Life sister of the non-life row Sanlam Allianz Cote d'Ivoire; parent taken from the name; ownership not researched

ownership not researched

Parent taken from the SAAR name, the group label used for SAAR companies elsewhere in the directory; ownership not researched; Registered as SOCIETE AFRICAINE D'ASSURANCES ET DE REASSURANCES VIE COTE D'IVOIRE (SAAR-VIE CI)

ownership not researched; Registered as SOCIETE DU MILLENAIRE D'ASSURANCE VIE (SOMAVIE)

Parent taken from the name (SONAM Group, Senegal-based per the directory's Senegal rows, hence PA here); the list gives this company AXA Côte d'Ivoire's postal box (01 BP 378) and axa.ci e-mail addresses, which is unexplained; ownership not researched; Registered as SONAM VIE COTE D'IVOIRE

Parent taken from the AFG name, the group label used for AFG Assurances elsewhere in the directory; also authorised for credit and surety (cautionnement) business; ownership not researched

Parent taken from the COMAR name (Groupe COMAR, Tunisia, hence PA here); ownership not researched; Registered as ASSURANCES COMAR COTE D'IVOIRE (COMAR CI)

Also authorised for surety (cautionnement) business; ownership not researched; Registered as ATLANTA ASSURANCES COTE D'IVOIRE

Formerly SAFA, per the list; ownership not researched; Registered as L'AFRICAINE DES ASSURANCES (2ACI)(EX SAFA)

Mutual insurer, per its name; ownership not researched; Ownership type inferred from name; parent not researched

ownership not researched

Listed among the non-life companies; classed as a microinsurer because its name and the separate microinsurance list show it is a dedicated micro-insurance company (use G if the directory prefers the list's non-life heading); ownership not researched; Registered as SOCIETE IVOIRIENNE DE MICRO-ASSURANCES

Parent taken from the name (SMABTP, a French mutual, hence FM); also authorised for surety (cautionnement) business; ownership not researched; Registered as SMABTP COTE D'IVOIRE S.A

Parent taken from the SAAR name, the group label used for SAAR companies elsewhere in the directory; also authorised for surety and takaful business; ownership not researched; Registered as SOCIETE AFRICAINE D'ASSURANCES ET DE REASSURANCES DE COTE D'IVOIRE (SAAR-CI)

Formerly 3A IARD, per the list; parent taken from the name (SONAM Group, Senegal-based, hence PA here); ownership not researched; Registered as SONAM ASSURANCES (EX 3A IARD)

Non-life sister of the row Wafa Assurance Vie Cote d'Ivoire; parent taken from the name as for that row; ownership not researched; Registered as WAFA ASSURANCE COTE D'IVOIRE

Captive reinsurer, per the list; parent taken from the name; ownership not researched; Registered as SUNU RE (Captive de réassurance)

Captive reinsurer, per the list; licensed by CRCA decision 071-25 of 13 Dec 2025 as MANZI Réassurance SA Côte d'Ivoire, captive of the NSIA group for life and non-life reinsurance; Registered as MANZI-Ré (Captive de réassurance)

Register spells it "Approriate"; name does not show whether it is a risk carrier or an intermediary; CBG list gives no class of business; ownership not researched; Registered as Approriate Insurance Solutions (G) Ltd

CBG list gives no class of business; ownership not researched

Register spells it "Gamster"; address is Gamstar House; CBG list gives no class of business; ownership not researched; Registered as IGI Gamster Insurance Company Ltd

CBG list gives no class of business; ownership not researched

CBG list gives no class of business; ownership not researched

CBG list gives no class of business; ownership not researched; Registered as Sunshine Insurance Company Ltd

Register gives no class and the name does not settle it. On the Feb 2020 list; current status not confirmed. Ownership not researched.

Class from the name (Vie). On the Feb 2020 list; current status not confirmed. Ownership not researched.

Register gives no class. On the Feb 2020 list; the Saham brand has since been rebranded elsewhere, so the current name is not confirmed. Ownership not researched.

Register gives no class; its listed website is www.vistabankgroup.com. On the Feb 2020 list; current status not confirmed. Ownership not researched.

Class from the name (IARD). On the Feb 2020 list; current status not confirmed. Ownership not researched.

Class from the name (Vie). On the Feb 2020 list; current status not confirmed. Ownership not researched.

Register gives no class and the name does not settle it. On the Feb 2020 list; current status not confirmed. Ownership not researched.

Non-life by name (accident and casualty); CBL lists "ACICO NEW" in good standing and "ACICO" not in good standing, treated as one company; ownership not researched

Composite by name (life and general); ownership not researched

CBL notice gives no class of business; ownership not researched

CBL notice gives no class of business; ownership not researched

CBL notice gives no class of business; ownership not researched

CBL notice gives no class of business; ownership not researched

CBL notice gives no class of business; ownership not researched

CBL notice gives no class of business; ownership not researched

CBL notice gives no class of business; ownership not researched; Registered as SUNU INSURANCE COMPANY

CBL notice gives no class of business; ownership not researched

Licensed but listed as not in good standing; CBL notice gives no class of business; ownership not researched; Registered as PLATINUM INSURANCE COMPANY

ownership not researched

Name as printed in the DNA statistics; reported to be the former Salama Assurances Sénégal (row Salama Assurances Senegal, removed as LR), not confirmed from a retrieved page; ownership not researched

Name as printed in the DNA statistics; CRCA decision 021-25 (title only, not read) names the company Assurances La Providence Sénégal; ownership not researched

Abbreviation as printed in the DNA statistics; full name not given there and not expanded; ownership not researched

Name as printed in the DNA statistics; parent taken from the SAAR name, the group label used for SAAR companies elsewhere in the directory; ownership not researched

Abbreviation as printed in the DNA statistics; full name not given there and not expanded; ownership not researched

Mutual, per its name, separate from SONAM Générale Assurances (row SONAM Assurances); parent taken from the SONAM name; ownership not researched

Life sister of the non-life row AMSA Assurances Senegal; parent taken from the name; ownership not researched

Life sister of the non-life row NSIA Assurances Senegal; parent taken from the name; ownership not researched

Life sister of the non-life addition SAAR; parent taken from the SAAR name; ownership not researched

Printed "fusion de Allianz Vie + Sanlam Vie" (NB: fusion en 2024 Sanlam Vie et Allianz Vie); life sister of the non-life row Sanlam Allianz Senegal; parent taken from the name; ownership not researched

ownership not researched

Mutual life company, per its name, separate from SONAM Vie SA (row SONAM Assurances Vie); parent taken from the SONAM name; ownership not researched

Life sister of the non-life row Sunu Assurances Senegal; parent taken from the name; ownership not researched

Life sister of the non-life row Wafa Assurance Senegal; parent taken from the name, as for that row; ownership not researched

Ownership not researched; the report names no parent.

Ownership not researched. The 2019 report records that Nallias alone had not completed the CIMA capital increase to 3 billion FCFA due 31 May 2019; whether it is still licensed is not established by any source retrieved.

Ownership not researched; the report names no parent.; Registered as ATLANTIQUE Assurances Mali (AAM)

Ownership not researched; the report names no parent. Largest life company in Mali in 2019 (39.63% of life premiums).

Separate life licensee from NSIA Assurances Mali (row 238). The group is taken from the register's own name for the company; ownership beyond the brand was not researched.; Registered as NSIA VIE

Separate life licensee from SAHAM Assurances Mali (row 239). The register calls it SAHAM VIE; the group value follows the workbook's existing treatment of the SAHAM Mali non-life company as Sanlam Allianz. Review if that is not wanted.; Registered as SAHAM VIE

The report's list of abbreviations (page 3) defines CIF as the Confederation des Institutions Financieres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. First full year 2019; 2.92% of life premiums.

Ownership not researched; the register gives only the address and the site www.mbaniger.com, which names no parent. Licensed non-life.

Separate life licensee from SUNU Assurances - IARD / Niger (row 243). The group is taken from the register's own entry, which gives the contact address niger.vie@sunugroup.com.

Ownership not researched; the register names no parent. Licensed life and capitalisation.

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).

Trades as 'NSIA Seguros'; Facebook page 'NSIA Assurances Guinée Bissau'. In the market since 2007 (O Democrata). Its site offers both life (savings, education, end-of-career) and non-life (motor, health, liability, travel) products, so classed composite; the CIMA derogation lets life business run through branches, so the life line may be a branch of another NSIA company - unconfirmed. Exact registered name not seen in an official document.