A cross-company analysis of the insurance industry in Latin America

The insurance sector in Latin America is significant and crucial to the inhabitants of the region.

FREMONT, CA:In Latin America, the insurance industry is significant and vital to the inhabitants of the region. In fact, Brazil alone accounts for nearly 40 percent of it with hospital operators increasing and expanding their operations. Furthermore, the region is home to six multinational insurance companies, four from Europe and two from the United States, including UnitedHealth Group Corporation, the world's largest health insurer and health care company.  Since variable life contracts are seldom, the business primarily invests in fixed income assets.  According to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Latin America's bond market is less than one-tenth the size of the US at $ 46 trillion, and just over 3 percent the size of the global bond market, which was expected to reach $ 119 trillion in assets by 2021. As a result, regional institutions and market participants swallow around $ 2 trillion of the pie, bringing the total value of bonds in the region to $ 4 trillion. Commercial banks own around half of the regional institutions, while pension fund managers and insurance firms split the rest. However, endowments represent very little in terms of holdings of fixed income securities since charitable foundations are few and private universities rely on very low budgets covered mostly by tuition. Therefore, for the purpose of this study,  to describe the operations in the region of six foreign multinationals, six Brazilian players, two Mexican companies, two Colombian concerns and one Panamanian, Peruvian, Chilean and Argentinian entity each were taken into account. Additionally, it has been decided to include five significant hospital operators and the main Chilean private pension fund manager operating in the Andean area, which includes Chile, Peru, and Colombia, among the 20 organisations to be investigated.

Allianz SE is a giant German conglomerate and insurance multinational that is currently the world's second-largest insurer. Furthermore, being the world’s largest bond manager, its extensive operations include asset management, with Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, better known as PIMCO, based in Orange County, California. However, in Latin America, the listed German insurer's operations cover the entire spectrum of industry services, from auto and life insurance to health insurance and commercial lines, with presence in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina. In fact, in 2020, the business purchased SulAmérica S.A.'s vehicle insurance subsidiary in Brazil for 500 million euros, making it the second-largest auto insurance provider in Brazil after Porto Seguro S.A. Allianz is also Brazil's third-largest property and liability insurer, with operations in the life and health insurance as well as commercial lines. Allianz has a market capitalization of over $ 80 billion, generates over $ 200 billion in annual consolidated sales, employs over 150,000 people worldwide, and manages around $ 3 trillion in assets in global capital markets. Zurich Insurance Group Limited is a world-class insurance company with operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.

Zurich Insurance Group Limited: exceptional insurance Swiss multinational with presence in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. The publicly traded corporation offers consumer property and casualty insurance, including auto, homeowner's, travel, and general liability policies, as well as life and critical illness insurance, individual asset management, pension fund management, and commercial lines. The massive multinational enterprise employs over 55,000 people worldwide and generates combined revenues of more than $ 50 billion each year. On the other hand, the Swiss insurer recently purchased MetLife Corporation's property and liability business for $ 3.6 billion in 2020, significantly increasing its reach throughout the continent. In fact, the Swiss multinational controls 100 percent of Farmers Insurance Group Corporation in the United States, making it a major player in property and casualty insurance on American soil.

Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. is a major Italian insurance company with operations in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Chile. Premium income for publicly traded corporations now exceeds $ 90 billion per year across the world. In addition, it offers life insurance and workers' compensation policies, as well as annuity products and pension fund administration services. In fact, Assicurazioni Generali controls 100 percent of AFP Planvital S.A., Chile's largest private pension fund manager, likewise, Italian insurance employs nearly 70,000 people worldwide.

Mapfre S.A. is the largest Spanish and Portuguese-speaking insurance company, with a strong presence in all of Latin America except Cuba and Bolivia. Furthermore, the publicly traded corporation specialises in consumer property and casualty insurance, including auto, homeowner's, travel, and general liability coverage. The Spanish insurer employs over 30,000 people worldwide and generates combined revenues of roughly $ 30 billion per year.

The Liberty Mutual Group Corporation is a major American insurance corporation with operations in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile. After Porto Seguro S.A., this multinational is Brazil's fourth-largest insurer, with annual consolidated revenues of nearly $ 40 billion. Further, the company focuses on property and liability insurance and employs around 100,000 people worldwide. Additionally, the insurer had a presence in Venezuela until recently, when it sold its Venezuelan unit, Seguros Caracas C.A., in 2019 to Asesoras e Inversiones Benjamin, the privately held holding firm of emerging Chilean entrepreneur Isidoro Quiroga. The former wholly-owned subsidiary had a negative influence on Liberty Mutual's local activities in Venezuela due to currency restrictions imposed by the infamous and unpopular dictatorship of the incumbent President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro. As a result, Nicolás Maduro is nothing more than a usurper supported by the armed forces in the besieged and decimated Latin American country.