Fast Market Research recommends "Argentina Insurance Report Q1 2014" from Business Monitor International, now available

Boston, MA -- (SBWire) -- 12/23/2013 --At first glance, the newsflow from Argentina's insurance sector through 2013 looks good. However, the reality is more nuanced. The Superentendencia de Seguros de la Nacion (SSN, the regulator) has published an ambitious strategic plan for the development of the overall sector. There has been strong growth in premiums in both the non-life and the life segments. Several companies have highlighted that their Argentine businesses are contributing meaningfully to the development of their regional operations. Some players have confirmed that profitability has been improving.

Unlike in other parts of the world in 2011, or Chile in 2010, there have not been major catastrophe losses. In the non-life segment, both RSA and Australia's QBE have made acquisitions in the recent past that have given them leadership positions. Overall, we would not be surprised if the process of consolidation continued through 2014. Meanwhile, many of the leading local groups continue to benefit from their associations with government-backed financial institutions, from the support of policy-holders who see their own interests as being closely aligned with mutual insurers, and/or strong brand names.

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In both of the major segments, premiums have in the recent past been distorted by the high inflation in Argentina (officially 10-11% but widely recognised as being between two and three times as high). However, it appears that many of the companies in the non-life segment have pricing power. Partly for this reason, they have been - and will remain - largely immune to the downturn in sales of autos in Argentina. Sales of cars and other vehicles matter: auto-related lines generate nearly half of all premiums written in the non-life segment. Comments from the companies themselves suggest to us that, for most of them, growth in the recent past has been profitable. We expect that this will continue to be the case.

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