Democratic Republic of the Congo · Central Africa
SONAS
Profile highlights
5 badgesGroup spans 1 directory continent
Government of DRC: 1 markets across 1 directory continents (Asia-Pacific is one directory region). Group membership does not establish this entity’s policy availability.
Part of a group
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General (Non-life)
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State-owned / parastatal
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Listed in Africa
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Former monopoly until 2019 liberalisation; Registered as Societe Nationale d'Assurance SA (Sonas)
Official sources
This directory holds no official website for SONAS: the ARCA 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 SONAS
Sources checked
Non-life product categories
SONAS’s website lists motor, transport, fire, accident and miscellaneous-risk insurance, alongside construction all-risks cover. It provides a customer contact route and identifies its Kinshasa/Gombe office in the Sankuru building on Boulevard du 30 Juin.
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 SONAS.
Explore the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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
- Government of DRC
- Ownership
- State-owned / parastatalOwned wholly or partly by a national government or parastatal.Ownership is what the ARCA register or workbook records. It does not by itself mean the government guarantees this insurer’s policyholder liabilities.
- Regulator
- Autorite de Regulation et de Controle des Assurances (ARCA)arca.cd
- Local currency
- CDF
- Source basis
- ARCA RDC, "L'etat du marche des assurances en RDC en 2024" (published Dec 2025), Annexe "Listes des operateurs": 10 insurers (3 life, 7 non-life) and 2 reinsurers; matches the ARCA "Societes d'assurances" and "Societes re-assurances" operator pages. Retrieved 22 Sep 2026.
- Country verification
- Verified - full register · ARCA RDC, "L'etat du marche des assurances en RDC en 2024" (published Dec 2025), Annexe "Listes des operateurs": 10 insurers (3 life, 7 non-life) and 2 reinsurers; matches the ARCA "Societes d'assurances" and "Societes re-assurances" operator pages. Retrieved 22 Sep 2026.
- Identifiers
- slug dr-congo-sonas · row 368/api/v1/insurers/dr-congo-sonas.json