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Continental Reinsurance Plc

Profile highlights

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  • Group spans 1 directory continent

    Continental Re: 4 markets across 1 directory continents (Asia-Pacific is one directory region). Group membership does not establish this entity’s policy availability.

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  • Group listed in 3+ markets

    Continental Re: 4 markets across 1 directory continents (Asia-Pacific is one directory region). Group membership does not establish this entity’s policy availability.

  • Reinsurer

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  • Pan-African group

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  • Group spans 3+ directory regions

    Continental Re: 4 markets across 1 directory continents (Asia-Pacific is one directory region). Group membership does not establish this entity’s policy availability.

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  • Listed in Africa

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RReinsurerPan-African groupPartially verified against the regulator register

Group HQ Lagos

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NAICOM regulator profile

This directory holds no official website for Continental Reinsurance Plc: the NAICOM 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 Continental Reinsurance Plc

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Treaty and facultative reinsurance

Continental Re’s business profile describes treaty and facultative reinsurance with technical advisory support. Its classes include property, engineering, marine, aviation, energy, political violence, life and agriculture, serving insurers seeking portfolio protection or support for individual risks.

Continental Re — business lines

About reinsurer business

Reinsurance transfers agreed risks from an insurer to a reinsurer. Treaty arrangements cover a defined portfolio; facultative arrangements address individual risks. Reinsurance enquiries are typically made by insurers or reinsurance brokers.

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Class of business
ReinsurerCarriers that accept risk ceded by primary insurers.
Parent / group
Continental ReLicensed in 4 countries, 5 entities in this directory.
Ownership
Pan-African groupPart of an insurance group licensed in two or more African countries.
Regulator
National Insurance Commission (NAICOM)naicom.gov.ng
Local currency
NGN
Source basis
Regulator / industry register
Country verification
Partially verified - recapitalisation register · NAICOM notices 31 Jul, 13 Aug and 24 Aug 2026 (NIIRA 2025 minimum capital compliance); NAICOM takaful operators register (naicom.gov.ng/takaful-operators)
Identifiers
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