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Regional supervisor with a national insurance directorate

Guinea-BissauCIMA / CRCA

Insurance supervision in Guinea-Bissau.

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01 / The institution

CIMA (regional) / Direction des Assurances

Guinea-Bissau is a CIMA member state supervised by the Commission Régionale de Contrôle des Assurances. A derogation first granted in 2013 relaxes capital and licensing requirements and allows life business through branches.

How it is structured

Regional supervisor with a national insurance directorate

Institutional source ↗

What it oversees

The CIMA insurance code governs the market; the CIMA Council of Ministers extended Guinea-Bissau’s derogation to 31 December 2027 in August 2024.

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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.

04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 26 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. Conférence Interafricaine des Marchés d’Assurances ↗Checked
  2. CIMA — Décision n°017-25 infligeant une amende à la société GUINEBIS ↗Checked
  3. CIMA — Communiqué final du Conseil des Ministres du 08 août 2024 ↗Checked

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