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Licensed insurance companies in Burkina Faso (2026)

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

The 15 insurance companies licensed in Burkina Faso 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.

15Licensed operators
7Life47% of entities8General (non-life)53% of entities7Cross-border groups8 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

  • Domestic private8 53%
  • Pan-African group7 47%

“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 Burkina Faso

All 15 entities.

InsurerClassOwnershipGroupVerification
Sanlam Assurance BurkinaGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupSanlam AllianzVerified
Sanlam Assurance Vie BurkinaLLifePan-African groupSanlam AllianzVerified
CIF Assurances VieLLifePan-African groupCIFVerified
Coris AssurancesGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupCoris HoldingVerified
Coris Assurances VieLLifePan-African groupCoris HoldingVerified
Sunu Assurances IARD BurkinaGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupSunu GroupVerified
Sunu Assurances Vie BurkinaLLifePan-African groupSunu GroupVerified
Generale des AssurancesGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateGA BurkinaVerified
Generale des Assurances VieLLifeDomestic privateGA BurkinaVerified
Jackson Assurances IARDGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateIndependentVerified
Raynal Assurances IARDGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateIndependentVerified
SONAR IARDGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateSONAR GroupVerified
SONAR VieLLifeDomestic privateSONAR GroupVerified
Union des Assurances du Burkina IARDTGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateUABVerified
Union des Assurances du Burkina VieLLifeDomestic privateUABVerified

Full table for Burkina Faso ↗

Regulatory intelligence: Burkina Faso

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): 7 life, 8 non-life, 1 reinsurer
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

Added CIF Vie, Coris Vie, GA Vie, SONAR Vie, Sunu Vie, UAB Vie, Jackson Assurances

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