{
  "dataset": "Insurers Global — South America Insurance Companies Directory",
  "version": "2026-09-07+39385300f802",
  "verified": "2026-09-07",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — attribute KAFS North America (Kenbright Actuarial and Financial Services North America), https://insurers.global",
  "count": 11,
  "data": [
    {
      "slug": "argentina",
      "name": "Argentina",
      "workbookName": "Argentina",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "AR",
      "iso3": "ARG",
      "isoNum": "032",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "southern-cone",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nacion",
        "acronym": "SSN",
        "website": "https://argentina.gob.ar/ssn",
        "regime": "~190 insurers incl. 12+ ART and 18 retiro; 16 local reinsurers",
        "registerSource": "SSN Datos Abiertos 'entidades-activas.csv' at 12/2025, 330 rows: 148 insurers (SA, cooperatives, mutuals, official bodies, branches), 14 local reinsurers, 168 admitted foreign reinsurers"
      },
      "currency": "ARS",
      "total": 330,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 3,
        "general-non-life": 109,
        "life": 55,
        "reinsurer": 140,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 23
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "mutual-cooperative": 38,
        "domestic-private": 130,
        "foreign-multinational": 142,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 19,
        "regional-multilateral": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "verified",
        "status": "Verified - full register",
        "source": "SSN Datos Abiertos 'entidades-activas.csv' at 12/2025, 330 rows: 148 insurers (SA, cooperatives, mutuals, official bodies, branches), 14 local reinsurers, 168 admitted foreign reinsurers",
        "corrections": "Replaced 128 knowledge rows; ART, retiro, sepelio and TPP mutuals all itemised with SSN entity ID"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/argentina/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/argentina.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "bolivia",
      "name": "Bolivia",
      "workbookName": "Bolivia",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "BO",
      "iso3": "BOL",
      "isoNum": "068",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "andean",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Autoridad de Fiscalizacion y Control de Pensiones y Seguros",
        "acronym": "APS",
        "website": "https://aps.gob.bo",
        "regime": "~18 insurers; state Univida/UNIBienes",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "BOB",
      "total": 19,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 10,
        "health-medical": 1,
        "life": 8
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 16,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 2,
        "foreign-multinational": 1
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/bolivia/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/bolivia.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "brazil",
      "name": "Brazil",
      "workbookName": "Brazil",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "BR",
      "iso3": "BRA",
      "isoNum": "076",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "brazil",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Superintendencia de Seguros Privados (SUSEP); ANS for health plans",
        "acronym": "SUSEP / ANS",
        "website": "https://gov.br/susep",
        "regime": "153 insurers, 12 EAPC, 17 capitalizacao, 15 local + 25 admitted reinsurers (Mar 2026); health plan operators under ANS",
        "registerSource": "SES v4.0 seguradoras list (LISTAEMPRESAS), base 202606 generated 31 Aug 2026: 338 codes"
      },
      "currency": "BRL",
      "total": 202,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 142,
        "health-medical": 2,
        "life": 39,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 19
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 136,
        "foreign-multinational": 53,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 9,
        "mutual-cooperative": 4
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "verified",
        "status": "Verified - SUSEP company master",
        "source": "SES v4.0 seguradoras list (LISTAEMPRESAS), base 202606 generated 31 Aug 2026: 338 codes",
        "corrections": "202 current-era entities on Master List; 136 historical/merged on 'Brazil historical' sheet. EAPC, capitalizacao and reinsurer masters not itemised (SES lists them separately) - knowledge rows for those retained"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/brazil/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/brazil.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "chile",
      "name": "Chile",
      "workbookName": "Chile",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "CL",
      "iso3": "CHL",
      "isoNum": "152",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "southern-cone",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Comision para el Mercado Financiero",
        "acronym": "CMF",
        "website": "https://cmfchile.cl",
        "regime": "~65 companies: primer grupo (general) and segundo grupo (life); Isapres under Superintendencia de Salud",
        "registerSource": "CMF listado Compañías de Seguros de Vida (34) and Generales (25), Vigentes, 7 Sep 2026"
      },
      "currency": "CLP",
      "total": 58,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 25,
        "life": 33
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 26,
        "foreign-multinational": 27,
        "mutual-cooperative": 5
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "verified",
        "status": "Verified - full register",
        "source": "CMF listado Compañías de Seguros de Vida (34) and Generales (25), Vigentes, 7 Sep 2026",
        "corrections": "Credit insurers (CSCRE) and national reinsurers listed separately by CMF - not fetched"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/chile/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/chile.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "colombia",
      "name": "Colombia",
      "workbookName": "Colombia",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "CO",
      "iso3": "COL",
      "isoNum": "170",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "andean",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia",
        "acronym": "SFC",
        "website": "https://superfinanciera.gov.co",
        "regime": "~45 insurers incl. ARL; no local reinsurers",
        "registerSource": "Fasecolda 35 affiliated insurers (directory 7 Sep 2026) + SFC-licensed sister entities"
      },
      "currency": "COP",
      "total": 50,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 24,
        "health-medical": 1,
        "life": 19,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 6
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "foreign-multinational": 23,
        "mutual-cooperative": 3,
        "domestic-private": 22,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 2
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "verified",
        "status": "Verified - industry membership",
        "source": "Fasecolda 35 affiliated insurers (directory 7 Sep 2026) + SFC-licensed sister entities",
        "corrections": "Added Asulado, Andina Vida, Aurora, Colsanitas Seguros, BMI, Everest, Qualitas, Cesce Colombia, Capitalizadora Colmena; Liberty Colombia retained (Talanx-owned, still licensed)"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/colombia/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/colombia.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ecuador",
      "name": "Ecuador",
      "workbookName": "Ecuador",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "EC",
      "iso3": "ECU",
      "isoNum": "218",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "andean",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Superintendencia de Compañias, Valores y Seguros",
        "acronym": "SCVS",
        "website": "https://supercias.gob.ec",
        "regime": "~30 insurers; Seguros Sucre liquidated",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "USD",
      "total": 31,
      "byClass": {
        "general-non-life": 23,
        "health-medical": 2,
        "life": 2,
        "reinsurer": 3,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 1
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "foreign-multinational": 9,
        "domestic-private": 20,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 2
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/ecuador/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/ecuador.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "guyana-suriname-french-guiana",
      "name": "Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana",
      "workbookName": "Guyana / Suriname / French Guiana",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": null,
      "iso3": null,
      "isoNum": null,
      "composite": [
        "GY",
        "SR",
        "GF"
      ],
      "region": "guianas",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Bank of Guyana / Centrale Bank van Suriname / ACPR (France)",
        "acronym": "BoG / CBvS / ACPR",
        "website": "https://bankofguyana.org.gy",
        "regime": null,
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "GYD / SRD / EUR",
      "total": 15,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 5,
        "general-non-life": 8,
        "life": 2
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "foreign-multinational": 4,
        "domestic-private": 7,
        "mutual-cooperative": 4
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/guyana-suriname-french-guiana/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/guyana-suriname-french-guiana.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "paraguay",
      "name": "Paraguay",
      "workbookName": "Paraguay",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "PY",
      "iso3": "PRY",
      "isoNum": "600",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "southern-cone",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Superintendencia de Seguros (Banco Central del Paraguay)",
        "acronym": "SIS / BCP",
        "website": "https://bcp.gov.py",
        "regime": "~34 insurers",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "PYG",
      "total": 32,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 1,
        "general-non-life": 31
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "foreign-multinational": 2,
        "domestic-private": 30
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/paraguay/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/paraguay.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "peru",
      "name": "Peru",
      "workbookName": "Peru",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "PE",
      "iso3": "PER",
      "isoNum": "604",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "andean",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP",
        "acronym": "SBS",
        "website": "https://sbs.gob.pe",
        "regime": "18 insurers (May 2026)",
        "registerSource": "SBS press release 6 May 2026 (18 licensed insurers after Nacional de Seguros) + APESEG member list"
      },
      "currency": "PEN",
      "total": 20,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 2,
        "general-non-life": 7,
        "health-medical": 1,
        "life": 8,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 2
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 7,
        "foreign-multinational": 13
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "verified",
        "status": "Verified - full register",
        "source": "SBS press release 6 May 2026 (18 licensed insurers after Nacional de Seguros) + APESEG member list",
        "corrections": "All 18 reconciled; Nacional de Seguros (surety) added; Fe Seguros still in organisation, not listed"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/peru/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/peru.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "uruguay",
      "name": "Uruguay",
      "workbookName": "Uruguay",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "UY",
      "iso3": "URY",
      "isoNum": "858",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "southern-cone",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Banco Central del Uruguay (SSF)",
        "acronym": "BCU",
        "website": "https://bcu.gub.uy",
        "regime": "~16 insurers; BSE state insurer dominant",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "UYU",
      "total": 15,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 2,
        "general-non-life": 9,
        "life": 2,
        "specialty-credit-captive": 2
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "state-owned-parastatal": 1,
        "foreign-multinational": 12,
        "domestic-private": 2
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/uruguay/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/uruguay.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "venezuela",
      "name": "Venezuela",
      "workbookName": "Venezuela",
      "continent": "south-america",
      "iso2": "VE",
      "iso3": "VEN",
      "isoNum": "862",
      "composite": null,
      "region": "andean",
      "regulator": {
        "name": "Superintendencia de la Actividad Aseguradora",
        "acronym": "SUDEASEG",
        "website": "https://sudeaseg.gob.ve",
        "regime": "~45 insurers; hyperinflation-distorted market",
        "registerSource": "Market knowledge"
      },
      "currency": "VES",
      "total": 39,
      "byClass": {
        "composite": 36,
        "reinsurer": 3
      },
      "byGroupType": {
        "domestic-private": 34,
        "state-owned-parastatal": 3,
        "foreign-multinational": 2
      },
      "verification": {
        "level": "unverified",
        "status": "NOT verified",
        "source": "Market knowledge",
        "corrections": "Register not retrieved; see Regulators sheet"
      },
      "marketNotes": [],
      "url": "https://south-america.insurers.global/countries/venezuela/",
      "api": "https://south-america.insurers.global/api/v1/countries/venezuela.json"
    }
  ]
}