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Licensed insurance companies in Benin (2026)

VerifiedVerified against the CIMA / CRCA register, checked 2 Sept 2026.

The 13 insurance companies licensed in Benin in 2026, as recorded by the CIMA (regional) / Direction des Assurances (CIMA / CRCA), with the class of business and ownership each one is registered under.

13Licensed operators
6Life46% of entities7General (non-life)54% of entities9Cross-border groups4 domestically owned

By class of business

Each company is counted once, under the class its register row records. The supervisor’s own tally counts licences, so a company licensed for more than one class appears more than once there.

By ownership

  • Pan-African group9 69%
  • Domestic private4 31%

“Cross-border groups” counts foreign multinationals and pan-regional groups; “domestically owned” counts domestic private, state-owned, mutual and captive entities. The register records the parent’s type, not its home market. How ownership is recorded

Licensed insurers in Benin

All 13 entities.

InsurerClassOwnershipGroupVerification
Sanlam Assurance BeninGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupSanlam AllianzVerified
Sanlam Assurance Vie BeninLLifePan-African groupSanlam AllianzVerified
AFG Assurances Benin IARDT (ex-Atlantique)GGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupAFG (African Financial Group)Verified
AFG Assurances Benin Vie (ex-Atlantique Vie)LLifePan-African groupAFG (African Financial Group)Verified
CIF Assurances VieLLifePan-African groupCIFVerified
NSIA Assurances BeninGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupNSIA GroupVerified
NSIA Vie Assurances BeninLLifePan-African groupNSIA GroupVerified
Sunu Assurances BeninGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupSunu GroupVerified
Sunu Assurances Vie BeninLLifePan-African groupSunu GroupVerified
L'Africaine des AssurancesGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateL'Africaine des AssurancesVerified
L'Africaine Vie BeninLLifeDomestic privateL'Africaine des AssurancesVerified
La Generale des Assurances (GAB)GGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateIndependentVerified
Nobila AssurancesGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateIndependentVerified

Full table for Benin ↗

Regulatory intelligence: Benin

Read from the register, not written for this page: the supervisor’s regime, the source the list was checked against, and the market notes recorded alongside it.

Regime
CIMA Code
Register source
FANAF Annuaire 2026 (exercice 2024): 6 life, 7 non-life
Verification
Verified against the regulator register · FANAF Annuaire 2026 (FY2024)

No market event is recorded against this register for 2026. The regime and source above are the standing facts.

Governing legislation

  • CIMA Treaty of 10 July 1992 and Insurance Code · Regional establishing treaty and insurance framework

    The treaty established CIMA and its supervisory organs. The common insurance code governs member markets; subsequent regulations must be read alongside the code.

Verification log

Atlantique rebranded AFG Assurances; added CIF Vie, L'Africaine Vie, Nobila

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