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Licensed insurance companies in Cameroon (2026)

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

The 29 insurance companies licensed in Cameroon 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.

29Licensed operators
10Life34% of entities15General (non-life)52% of entities18Cross-border groups10 domestically owned · 1 multilateral

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 group15 52%
  • Domestic private9 31%
  • Foreign multinational3 10%
  • Regional / multilateral1 3%
  • Mutual / cooperative1 3%

“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 Cameroon

Showing 25 of 29 entities. The full, filterable table is on the country page; every row is in the JSON below.

InsurerClassOwnershipGroupVerification
Allianz Cameroun Vie (now SanlamAllianz)LLifePan-African groupSanlam AllianzVerified
AXA Assurances CamerounGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAXAVerified
AXA Cameroun VieLLifeForeign multinationalAXAVerified
Prudential Beneficial Life InsuranceLLifeForeign multinationalPrudential plcVerified
SanlamAllianz Cameroun AssurancesGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupSanlam AllianzVerified
SanlamAllianz Cameroun Assurances VieLLifePan-African groupSanlam AllianzVerified
Activa AssurancesGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupActiva GroupVerified
Activa VieLLifePan-African groupActiva GroupVerified
Africa Re (Douala regional office)RReinsurerRegional / multilateralAfrica ReVerified
Atlantique Assurances Cameroun IARDTGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupAFG (African Financial Group)Verified
Continental Reinsurance CameroonRReinsurerPan-African groupContinental ReVerified
Ghana Reinsurance CameroonRReinsurerPan-African groupGhana ReVerified
NSIA Assurances CamerounGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupNSIA GroupVerified
NSIA Vie Assurances CamerounLLifePan-African groupNSIA GroupVerified
SAAR AssurancesGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupSAAR GroupVerified
SAAR Assurances VieLLifePan-African groupSAAR GroupVerified
Sunu Assurances CamerounGGeneral (Non-life)Pan-African groupSunu GroupVerified
Sunu Assurances Vie CamerounLLifePan-African groupSunu GroupVerified
Wafa Assurance Vie CamerounLLifePan-African groupAttijariwafa BankVerified
ACAM VieLLifeDomestic privateIndependentVerified
Area AssurancesGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateIndependentVerified
Assurances & Reassurances Africaines (ARA)GGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateIndependentVerified
Assurances Generales du Cameroun (AGC)GGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateIndependentVerified
Beneficial General InsuranceGGeneral (Non-life)Domestic privateIndependentVerified
Cameroon Pool TPV (motor pool)XSpecialty / Credit / CaptiveMutual / cooperativeIndustry poolVerified

Full table for Cameroon ↗

Regulatory intelligence: Cameroon

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): 10 life, 16 non-life, 3 reinsurers
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 ACAM Vie, SAAR Vie, Wafa Vie, Sunu Vie, ARA, AGC; SanlamAllianz consolidated

For B2B teams and AI agents

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curl -s https://insurers.global/api/v1/countries/cameroon.json
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  • Dataset version 2026-09-08+3f3925fad259; every response carries version, verified and licence.