Transporte Masivo de Panama S.A. is bidding for the insurance of special risks, whose policy term must be of 24 months and the total insured amount is $75 million at first risk.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-2-81-01-08-LP-003116:
"The special risks insurance policy must be composed of the following sections:
I. Fire - Physical loss and/or damage including catastrophic risk.
The Social Security Institute bids the all-risk insurance policy for real estate, furniture, equipment, physical inventory, office equipment and computer equipment of the central warehouse and areas rented by the institution.
Honduras Government Purchase LPN-006-2021:
"The insurance policy covers personal property owned by the Insured from all damage, physical loss caused by the following risks:
Metro de Panamá S.A. bids the policies for the operation of Line 1 and Line 2, for a 24-month term.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-2-80-0-08-LP-003124
"Some of the services required:
-Contracting the reinsurance program
-Emission of required policies and endorsements
-Collection of the premiums generated by the policies
-Care and payment of the claims covered under the contracted policies
Due to confinement, the economic crisis and vehicle restriction measures, two out of ten customers in Guatemala cancelled their car insurance.
The spread of covid-19 has generated a health and economic crisis in the country, a situation that caused falls in the income of insurance companies, however, the sector's union considers that it is a temporary effect and that in the coming months sales could recover.
Last year, total income from insurance premiums in Costa Rica accumulated $ 1,449 million, 8% more than reported in the previous year, a variation that doubles the 3.5% increase recorded between 2017 and 2018.
The 8% growth recorded in 2019 doubles the variation recorded in 2018, when the upturn amounted to 4%. According to the Superintendencia General de Seguros (SUGESE), the dynamism of the sector's sales represents not only a significant increase in the market, but also one that has been sustained over the last 11 years.
Panama's Metro bids the special risks insurance policy, with a two-year validity period.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-2-81-01-08-LP-001754:
"The bidder will be responsible for executing all the works, activities and tasks necessary to provide the service of Special Risks Insurance Policy Contracting, for a 24-month period.
The Panama Metro is tendering the insurance services required for the operation of Line 1 and Line 2, for a 12-month period.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-2-80-0-08-LP-002861
"Services required:
-Contracting of the reinsurance program
-Emission of required policies and endorsements
-Collection of the premiums generated by the policies
-Care and payment of the claims covered under the contracted policies
In the first ten months of 2019, premiums of $1,265 million were subscribed in the country, 2% more than reported in the same period of the previous year, a rise that is less than the 5% year-on-year variation reported up to October 2018.
According to the last report of the General Comptroller of the Republic, between the first ten months of 2018 and the same period of 2019, fire and multi-risk insurance premiums recorded a 12% increase.
Because of the financial problems it faces, the Superintendence of Insurance and Reinsurance of Panama ordered the forced liquidation of La Floresta de Seguros y Vida.
"The forced liquidation of the insurance company La Floresta de Seguros y Vida, S.A. has been ordered at 9:30 a.m. on November 18, 2019, based on the regulation that regulates the insurance activity and dictates other provisions," informed the Superintendence of Insurance and Reinsurance (SSRP).
Discounts in fitness centers, in dental services or in consultations with psychologists, are some of the benefits offered by insurance companies in Costa Rica to maintain their portfolio of clients and attract new ones.
The National Insurance Institute (INS), Sagicor, Pan American Life Insurance, Océanica de Seguros and Mapfre, are some of the competitors in the Costa Rican market that offer this type of privileges in their policies.
Customers who are guided by immediacy and technology, who are also more focused on travel than buying health or life insurance, force insurers to reinvent their processes to continue increasing their sales.
Because the population group known as the "millennials," which is made up of customers who like to keep up with the buying process and are not willing to wait, companies must transform to keep up with their sales pace.
During 2018, Guatemala's insurance sector increased 3% year-on-year, well below the 8% growth rate reported between 2016 and 2017.
According to figures presented by the Guatemalan Association of Insurance Institutions (AGIS), between 2017 and 2018 the total of premiums subscribed in the country went from $881 million to $907 million.
According to the association of insurers, the increase in the sector's income is partly because of the dynamism registered in the life and medical i
Because of vehicle and health insurance performance, premiums paid in Panama last year totaled $1.562 million, 6% more than in 2017.
Preliminary figures from the Superintendence of Insurance and Reinsurance detail that last year income from vehicle insurance totaled $321 million and increased 9% with respect to 2017.
During 2018, premiums paid for health insurance totaled $312 million, 7.8% more than reported in 2017.
The National Electric Power Company tenders the provision of a life insurance policy for permanent and retired employees of the institution.
Honduras Government Purchase LPN-100-018-2018:
"Number of employees in detail:
- Permanent employees: 1,689
- ENEE Retirees and Pensioners: 657
In the event of the natural death of an insured person (whether caused by illness, murder or manslaughter or presumed death) the insurance company will pay the agreed sum insured. In the event of the accidental death of an insured person, the insurance company will pay double the sum insured for natural death."
In Panama, industry authorities have ordered insurers to refrain from applying increases to individual premiums that are not contemplated or authorized in health policies.
According to the order given by the Superintendency of Insurance and Reinsurance, insurers that made increases to policies that were unforeseen and not authorized by the regulator, in the last twelve months, will have to refund the excess to customers.