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.
In the first eleven months of 2018, premiums of $1.378 million were underwritten in Panama, exceeding by 6% the value reported in the same period of 2017.
The latest data from the Superintendence of Insurance and Reinsurance, detail that between the first eleven months of 2017 and the same period of 2018, the value of premiums underwritten went from $1.301 million to $1.378 million.
In the first ten months of this year, premiums of $1.245 million were subscribed in the country, exceeding in 5% the value reported in the same period of 2017.
The most recent data from the Superintendence of Insurance and Reinsurance detail that between the first ten months of 2017 and the same period of 2018, the value of premiums subscribed went from $1,188 million to $1,245 million.
In Honduras, the insurance policy for 137 vehicles, the satellite monitoring service for 129 units and preventive and corrective maintenance for another 137 are being tendered.
In Costa Rica, the average premium for Compulsory Automobile Insurance for 2019 was approved to increase by 12.5% with respect to current rates.
After requests made by the National Insurance Institute (INS) to the General Superintendence of Insurance (Sugese), it was reported that the increase was approved, so private vehicles will pay ¢22.192 ($35) for the insurance premium next year.
The Public Ministry of Panama tender for a collective health insurance for the workers of the Procuraduría General de la Nación, for a term of 24 months.
Panama Government Purchase 2018-0-35-0-08-LV-020577:
"A collective health policy or insurance will be contracted for 4,251 collaborators, which will cover medical services required for the prevention of illnesses and accidents, the care and maintenance of health or its recovery in case of suffering a guaranteed event, up to the amount stipulated in the Insurance Contract.
In the first nine months of this year, premiums of $1,115 million were written in Panama, exceeding by 4.9% the value reported in the same period of 2017.
The latest data from the Insurance and Reinsurance Superintendence, between the first nine months of 2017 and the same period in 2018, the value of premiums written went from $1.063 million to $1.115 million.
The Guatemalan Workers' Recreation Institute tenders fire, allied and collateral lines insurance for buildings and facilities owned by the institution.
In the first seven months of this year in Panama, $864 million worth of premiums were written, an amount that exceeds by 3% the value reported in the same period in 2017.
According to figures from the Superintendency of Insurance and Reinsurance, between the first seven months of 2017 and the same period in 2018, the value of subscribed premiums went from $839 million to $864 million.
The Judicial Power in Honduras is putting out to tender collective life insurance and medical hospital policies for the institution's officials and employees at the national level.
Between the first semester of last year and the same period in 2018 the value of premiums written in El Salvador saw almost no change, following the line of the weak growth of 1% reported between 2016 and 2017.
According to the Salvadoran Association of Insurance Companies (ASES), insurers reported premiums of $306.5 million in June of this year, which is equivalent to an increase of just 0.11% compared to the $306.2 million recorded up to the same month in 2017.
In the first five months of the year, total income from insurance premiums in Costa Rica added up to $682 million, registering an increase of 6% compared to the same period in 2017.
Between January and May of this year, growth of mandatory insurance was mainly due to the 14% increase registered in occupational risk premiums, according to a report by the General Superintendence of Insurance.
Growth in Personal Accident and Individual Life policies accounted for most of the 12% growth recorded during the fifth month of the year in the Dominican Republic.
In May, compared to 2017, the lines that reported the highest growth were: Bonds, 132%; Personal Accident, 41%; and Individual Life, 34%, reported the Superintendency of Insurance.
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