GHL to divest in RBTT, Grupo Mundial

Trinidad & Tobago-based insurance and financial company Guardian Holdings (GHL) plans to dispose of its interests in RBTT Financial Holdings and Panama's Grupo Mundial, GHL chairman Arthur Lok said in...

• Mexico

   Regulator establishes plan to adopt Solvency II by 2012

  Mexico's insurance regulator CNSF has established a plan for 2008-12 to move towards Solvency II, CN...   more

• Chile

   EuroAmérica Q1 premiums up 84%

  Chile's seventh largest life insurer EuroAmérica grew written premiums by 84% in this year's first q...   more

• Brazil

   Nossa Caixa-Mapfre partnership boosts Q1 life sales 81%

  Nossa Caixa Mapfre Vida e Previdência, a life and private pension partnership between São Paulo stat...   more

• Brazil

   Car premiums rise 9.10% in Q1

  Premiums from car insurance in Brazil rose 9.10% to 3.46bn reais (US$2.09bn) in the first quarter th...   more

• Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago

   AM Best assigns issuer credit rating to Tatil

  AM Best has assigned an issuer credit rating of a- to Trinidad & Tobago-based insurance company Tati...   more

• Regional

   Zurich sees P&C operating profits up 10% in Q1

  Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services (Zurich) posted an US$11mn operating profit from its Latin A...   more

• Brazil

   Court again rules IRB must accept CSN policy

  A civil court in Rio de Janeiro has ruled federal reinsurance company IRB-Brasil Re must provide rei...   more

• Chile

   Paper: Talanx unit close to buying Ise P&C insurer

  German insurer Talanx is in talks to buy Chilean P&C insurer Ise Chile Seguros Generales through its...   more

• Chile

   Broker: Stronger peso leads to higher credit insurance claims

  The number of claims in the Chilean credit insurance market will rise by around 27% this year to som...   more

• Mexico

   HSBC insurance unit launches green program

  The Mexican insurance unit of London-based HSBC (NYSE: HBC) has launched a green insurance program t...   more