Last year in El Salvador, net premium income totaled $702 million, 6.8% higher than in 2018.
Directors of the Salvadoran Association of Insurance Companies (ASES) explained that between 2018 and 2019 net premium income increased by $44 million, from $658 million to $702 million.
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.
Last year, premiums of Ch$1,567 million were written in the country, a figure that did not change significantly from the Ch$1,569 million reported in 2018.
Figures from the General Comptroller of the Republic detail that between 2018 and 2019 premiums in the branch of fire and multi-risk insurance registered a 5% increase.
On the other hand, automobile premiums decreased 2% for the years in question, and in the case of personal accidents the increase reported was 8%.
In the first eleven months of 2019, premiums were written in the country for Ch$1,395 million, and sales of personal accident insurance grew 7% over the same period last year.
Figures of the General Comptroller of the Republic detail that between the first eleven months of 2018 and the same period of 2019, fire and multi-risk insurance premiums recorded a 10% increase.
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.
From January to August 2019, premiums of $1.026 million were subscribed, surpassing by 3% the $997 million reported in the same period of 2018, an increase lower than the 5% increase reported in July.
According to the most recent figures from the General Comptroller's Office of the Republic, between the first eight months of 2018 and the same period of 2019 the premiums for fire and multi-risk insurance registered a 16% increase.
From January to July 2019, premiums of $910 million were subscribed, 5% higher than the $864 million reported in the same period of 2018.
According to the most recent report of the General Comptroller of the Republic, between the first seven months of 2018 and the same period of 2019 the premiums of the branch of fire and multi-risk insurance registered a 17% increase.
In July 2019, the branches with the highest growth compared to the same month in 2018 were Health with 56%, Bail Bonds with 41% and Air and Maritime Ships with 41%.
From the Superintendence of Insurance report:
Net premiums collected in July reached RD$6,501,787,017 million, with an absolute growth of RD$1,456,663,584 million and a relative growth of 28.87% compared to the previous year.
During the first six months of this year, net premium income totaled $395 million, 9% more than reported in the same period in 2018, an increase explained by life and fire policies.2
According to data from the Salvadoran Association of Insurance Companies (ASES), between the first half of 2018 and the same period in 2019, net premium income grew by $34 million, from $361 million to $395 million.
Last year, net premium income in El Salvador totaled $658 million, 5% more than reported in 2017, a rise explained by accident and health insurance.
According to data from the Salvadoran Association of Insurance Companies (ASES), during 2018 the area of accident and health insurance recorded sales of premiums of $128 million, which is equivalent to a 14% increase over what was reported in 2017.
Between 2017 and 2018, the number of people insured against accidents and diseases grew 17%, from 1.6 million to 1.9 million.
According to figures from the Quarterly Bulletin of Financial Inclusion Indicators, December 2018, compiled by the Superintendence of Banks, since 2016 there has been a sustained increase in the number of insured persons.
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.
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 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.
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.