Non-Life Insurance in Uruguay, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2021

Published: Sep, 2017 | Pages: 112 | Publisher: Timetric
Industry: Insurance | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

Synopsis

Timetric's 'Non-Life Insurance in Uruguay, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2021' report provides a detailed outlook by product category for the Uruguayan non-life insurance segment, and a comparison of the Uruguayan insurance industry with its regional counterparts.

It provides values for key performance indicators such as written premium, incurred loss, loss ratio, commissions and expenses, combined ratio, total assets, total investment income and retentions during the review period (2012-2016) and forecast period (2016-2021).

The report also analyzes distribution channels operating in the segment, gives a comprehensive overview of the Uruguayan economy and demographics, explains the various types of natural hazard and their impact on the Uruguayan insurance industry, and provides detailed information on the competitive landscape in the country.

The report brings together Timetric's research, modeling and analysis expertise, giving insurers access to information on segment dynamics and competitive advantages, and profiles of insurers operating in the country. The report also includes details of insurance regulations, and recent changes in the regulatory structure.

Summary

Timetric's 'Non-Life Insurance in Uruguay, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2021' report provides in-depth market analysis, information and insights into the Uruguayan non-life insurance segment, including:

• The Uruguayan non-life segment's detailed outlook by product category

• A comprehensive overview of the Uruguayan economy and demographics

• A comparison of the Uruguayan non-life insurance segment with its regional counterparts

• The various distribution channels in the Uruguayan non-life insurance segment

• Detailed analysis of natural hazards and their impact on the Uruguayan insurance industry

• Details of the competitive landscape in the non-life insurance segment in Uruguay

• Details of regulatory policy applicable to the Uruguayan insurance industry

Scope

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the non-life insurance segment in Uruguay:

• It provides historical values for the Uruguayan non-life insurance segment for the report's 2012-2016 review period, and projected figures for the 2016-2021 forecast period.

• It offers a detailed analysis of the key categories in the Uruguayan non-life insurance segment, and market forecasts to 2021.

• It provides a comparison of the Uruguayan non-life insurance segment with its regional counterparts

• It analyzes the various distribution channels for non-life insurance products in Uruguay.

• It analyzes various natural hazards and their impact on the Uruguayan insurance industry

• It profiles the top non-life insurance companies in Uruguay, and outlines the key regulations affecting them.

Reasons To Buy

• Make strategic business decisions using in-depth historic and forecast market data related to the Uruguayan non-life insurance segment, and each category within it.

• Understand the demand-side dynamics, key market trends and growth opportunities in the Uruguayan non-life insurance segment.

• Assess the competitive dynamics in the non-life insurance segment.

• Identify growth opportunities and market dynamics in key product categories.

• Gain insights into key regulations governing the Uruguayan insurance industry, and their impact on companies and the industry's future.

Key Highlights

• The non-life segment is highly concentrated, with the five leading insurers accounting for 92.7% of the segment's gross written premium in 2016.

• In October 2016, Fairfax Financial Holding Ltd agreed to acquire AIG Inc.'s operations in Uruguay and other Latin American countries including Argentina, Columbia, Chile and Venezuela. The deal will strengthen Fairfax's network in Latin America.

• Property insurance was the second-largest category, accounting for 31.2% of the non-life direct written premium in 2016.

 Table of Contents

1 KEY FACTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
3 ECONOMY AND DEMOGRAPHICS
4 SEGMENT OUTLOOK
4.1 Regional Comparison
4.2 Segment Indicators
4.2.1 Gross written premium and penetration
4.2.2 Claims
4.2.3 Profitability
4.2.4 Assets and investments
5 OUTLOOK BY CATEGORY
5.1 Property Insurance
5.1.1 Product overview
5.1.2 Premium
5.1.3 Claims
5.1.4 Profitability
5.2 Motor Insurance
5.2.1 Product overview
5.2.2 Premium
5.2.3 Claims
5.2.4 Profitability
5.3 Liability Insurance
5.3.1 Product overview
5.3.2 Premium
5.3.3 Claims
5.3.4 Profitability
5.4 Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance
5.4.1 Product overview
5.4.2 Premium
5.4.3 Claims
5.4.4 Profitability
6 DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL OUTLOOK
7 NATURAL AND MAN-MADE HAZARDS
7.1 Flooding
7.2 Droughts
7.3 Storms
7.4 Exposure
8 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
8.1 Company Profiles
8.1.1 Banco de Seguros del Estado - company overview
8.1.2 Seguros Sura SA - company overview
8.1.3 Mapfre Uruguay Compania de Seguros SA (Grales) - company overview
8.1.4 Porto Seguro - Seguros del Uruguay SA - company overview
8.1.5 Sancor Seguros SA - company overview
9 GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE
9.1 Legislation Overview and Historical Evolution
9.2 Latest Changes in Regulation
9.3 Legislation and Market Practice by Type of Insurance
9.3.1 Life insurance
9.3.2 Property insurance
9.3.3 Motor insurance
9.3.4 Liability insurance
9.3.5 Marine, aviation and transit insurance
9.3.6 Personal accident and health insurance
9.4 Compulsory Insurance
9.4.1 Workers' compensation insurance
9.4.2 Motor third-party liability insurance
9.4.3 Liability for ships with respect to oil pollution
9.4.4 Aviation liability insurance
9.5 Supervision and Control
9.5.1 International Association of Insurance Supervisors
9.5.2 Association of Insurance Supervisors Latin America
9.5.3 Superintendence of Insurance and Reinsurance
9.5.4 Asociacion Uruguaya de Empresas Aseguradoras
9.6 Non-Admitted Insurance Regulations
9.6.1 Overview
9.6.2 Intermediaries
9.6.3 Market practices
9.6.4 Fines and penalties
9.7 Company Registration and Operations
9.7.1 Type of insurance organization
9.7.2 Establishing a local company
9.7.3 Foreign ownership
9.7.4 Types of license
9.7.5 Capital requirements
9.7.6 Solvency margin
9.7.7 Reserve requirements
9.7.8 Investment regulations
9.7.9 Statutory return requirements
9.7.10 Fee structure
9.8 Taxation
9.8.1 Insurance premium or policy taxations
9.8.2 Withholding taxes on premium paid overseas.
9.8.3 Corporate tax
9.8.4 VAT
9.8.5 Captives
9.9 Legal System
9.9.1 Introduction
9.9.2 Access to court
9.9.3 Alternative dispute resolution
10 DATABOOK
10.1 Policies and Premium
10.2 Claims and Expenses
10.3 Assets and Investments
10.4 Property Insurance
10.5 Property Insurance by Product
10.6 Motor Insurance
10.7 Liability Insurance
10.8 Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance
11 DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY
11.1 Definitions
11.2 Methodology
12 ABOUT TIMETRIC
12.1 Contact Timetric
12.2 About Timetric
12.3 Timetric's Services
12.4 Disclaimer

List of Tables

Table 1: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Key Facts, 2016
Table 2: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Segment Shares of the Top Insurers, 2016
Table 3: Uruguayan Government Credit Ratings
Table 4: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Gross Written Premium (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 5: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Penetration (%), 2012-2016
Table 6: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Gross Written Premium (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2016-2021
Table 7: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Penetration (%), 2016-2021
Table 8: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Premium per Capita (UYU and US$), 2012-2016
Table 9: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Premium per Capita (UYU and US$), 2016-2021
Table 10: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 11: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2016-2021
Table 12: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Profitability Ratio (%), 2012-2016
Table 13: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Profitability Ratio (%), 2016-2021
Table 14: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Total Assets (UYU Billion and US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 15: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Total Assets (UYU Billion and US$ Billion), 2016-2021
Table 16: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Total Investment Income (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 17: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Total Investment Income (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2016-2021
Table 18: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Investment Portfolio (UYU Billion), 2012-2016
Table 19: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Investment Portfolio (UYU Billion), 2016-2021
Table 20: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Direct Written Premium by Category (UYU Billion), 2012-2016
Table 21: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Direct Written Premium by Category (UYU Billion), 2016-2021
Table 22: Uruguayan Property Insurance - Direct Written Premium by Sub-Category (UYU Billion), 2012-2016
Table 23: Uruguayan Property Insurance - Direct Written Premium by Sub-Category (UYU Billion), 2016-2021
Table 24: Uruguayan Property Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 25: Uruguayan Property Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2016-2021
Table 26: Uruguayan Property Insurance - Loss Ratio (%), 2012-2016
Table 27: Uruguayan Property Insurance - Loss Ratio (%), 2016-2021
Table 28: Uruguayan Motor Insurance - Direct Written Premium (UYU Billion), 2012-2016
Table 29: Uruguayan Motor Insurance - Direct Written Premium (UYU Billion), 2016-2021
Table 30: Uruguayan Motor Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 31: Uruguayan Motor Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Billion and US$ Million), 2016-2021
Table 32: Uruguayan Motor Insurance - Loss Ratio (%), 2012-2016
Table 33: Uruguayan Motor Insurance - Loss Ratio (%), 2016-2021
Table 34: Uruguayan Liability Insurance - Direct Written Premium (UYU Million and US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 35: Uruguayan Liability Insurance - Direct Written Premium (UYU Million and US$ Million), 2016-2021
Table 36: Uruguayan Liability Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Million and US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 37: Uruguayan Liability Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Million and US$ Million), 2016-2021
Table 38: Uruguayan Liability Insurance - Loss Ratio (%), 2012-2016
Table 39: Uruguayan Liability Insurance - Loss Ratio (%), 2016-2021
Table 40: Uruguayan Transport Network - Global Rankings, 2016
Table 41: Uruguayan Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance - Direct Written Premium (UYU Million and US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 42: Uruguayan Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance - Direct Written Premium (UYU Million and US$ Million), 2016-2021
Table 43: Uruguayan Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Million and US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 44: Uruguayan Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance - Paid Claims (UYU Million and US$ Million), 2016-2021
Table 45: Uruguayan Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance - Loss Ratio (%), 2012-2016
Table 46: Uruguayan Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance - Loss Ratio (%), 2016-2021
Table 47: Uruguay - Average Annual Loss by Hazard, 1990-2014
Table 48: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Segment Shares of the Leading Insurers (%), 2016
Table 49: Banco de Seguros del Estado - Key Facts
Table 50: Banco de Seguros del Estado - Key Financials (UYU Million), 2012-2016
Table 51: Seguros Sura SA - Key Facts
Table 52: Seguros Sura SA - Key Financials (UYU Million), 2012-2016
Table 53: Mapfre Uruguay Compania de Seguros SA (Grales)- Key Facts
Table 54: Mapfre Uruguay Compania de Seguros SA (Grales)- Key Financials (UYU Million), 2012-2016
Table 55: Porto Seguro - Seguros del Uruguay SA - Key Facts
Table 56: Porto Seguro - Seguros del Uruguay SA - Key Financials (UYU Million), 2012-2016
Table 57: Sancor Seguros SA - Key Facts
Table 58: Sancor Seguros SA - Key Financials (UYU Million), 2012-2016
Table 59: Uruguay - Insurance Regulatory Framework Key Features
Table 60: Uruguay - Life Insurance Regulatory Framework
Table 61: Uruguay - Property Insurance Regulatory Framework
Table 62: Uruguay - Motor Insurance Regulatory Framework
Table 63: Uruguay - Liability Insurance Regulatory Framework
Table 64: Uruguay - Insurance Premium Tax Rates
Table 65: Uruguay - Corporate Tax Rates for the Financial Year 2016
Table 66: Uruguayan Insurance Industry - Policies and Premium, 2012-2016
Table 67: Uruguayan Insurance Industry - Policies and Premium, 2016-2021
Table 68: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Claims and Expenses, 2012-2016
Table 69: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Claims and Expenses, 2016-2021
Table 70: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Assets and Investments, 2012-2016
Table 71: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Assets and Investments, 2016-2021
Table 72: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Property Insurance, 2012-2016
Table 73: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Property Insurance, 2016-2021
Table 74: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Property Insurance by Product, 2012-2016
Table 75: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Property Insurance by Product, 2016-2021
Table 76: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Motor Insurance, 2012-2016
Table 77: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Motor Insurance, 2016-2021
Table 78: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Liability Insurance, 2012-2016
Table 79: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Liability Insurance, 2016-2021
Table 80: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance, 2012-2016
Table 81: Uruguayan Non-Life Insurance - Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurance, 2016-2021
Table 82: Insurance Industry Definitions