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← The regulatory atlasCOUNTRY PERSPECTIVE / Cabo Verde

Central bank supervisor

Cabo VerdeBCV

Insurance supervision in Cabo Verde.

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01 / The institution

Banco de Cabo Verde

Insurance supervision sits within the central bank's insurance and pension-fund supervision office. The decree governs access to insurance business; it is not the bank's founding statute.

How it is structured

Central bank supervisor

Institutional source ↗

The legal foundations

Mandate, written into law.

Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.

02 / Market signals

The numbers, with context.

Figures retain the reporting period and accounting basis of their source. They are snapshots, not live indicators or directly comparable country rankings.

Insurance penetration. A current premium-to-GDP ratio has not been independently verified for this profile. No estimate is substituted.

03 / The report notebook

A dated view of the market.

What we noted in the regulator’s publications. Each entry separates the period covered, publication date when known, and our review date.

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Publication availability checked

BCV insurance statistics ↗

BCV publishes annual, quarterly and monthly insurance workbooks. The current workbook tables were not retrieved and reconciled in this review. The central bank’s own financial statements are not used as insurance-sector accounts.

Open the official publication listing ↗

04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.

Research trail

Sources you can follow.

Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.

  1. REGISTO DOS MEMBROS DOS ÓRGÃOS SOCIAIS (https://www.bcv.cv/pt/Supervisao/MicroPrudencial/Seguros%202/Seguros/Documents/Registo%20e%20Outros/Registo_Membros_%C3%93rg%C3%A3os_Sociais.pdf) ↗Checked
  2. Institutional website — contact route ↗Checked
  3. BCV insurance statistics ↗Checked

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