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Central bank supervisor

The GambiaCentral Bank of The Gambia

Insurance supervision in The Gambia.

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01 / The institution

Central Bank of The Gambia (Insurance Department)

The central bank publishes the governing insurance Act and implementing regulations as part of its insurance supervisory framework.

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.

202415

Licensed insurance companies

Includes four takaful operators; 140 licensed agents are reported separately.

Page 52, section 4.3 ↗

Insurance penetration. The central bank reports 2024 insurance penetration of 0.4%. Its rounded prior-year comparison is not used to calculate a growth rate here.

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.

04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.

General enquiries
info@cbg.gmSource ↗

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. Official institutional and legal source ↗Checked
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  4. Central Bank of The Gambia Annual Report 2024 ↗Checked

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