The global insurer MAPFRE recorded a 6.2% increase in total premiums written in the first half of the year, the company announced. The reinsurance branch MAPFRE RE recorded premium growth of more than 11%.
In Spain, MAPFRE recorded an increase in premiums written by 6.9% compared to the previous year to over € 4.2 billion (around USD 4.96 billion). In the Latin America North region, written premiums rose by 51.9% to almost € 1.35 billion. However, North America posted a 8.1% decline.
|
Region / business unit |
Written bonuses (approximate) (in euros) |
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|
June 2020 |
June 2021 |
change |
|
|
Iberia |
3.98 billion |
4.25 billion |
+ 6.9% |
|
LatAm North |
886.6 million |
1.347 billion |
+ 51.9% |
|
LatAm South |
726.8 million |
756 million |
+ 4% |
|
Brazil |
1.612 billion |
1.596 billion |
-1% |
|
North America |
1.116 billion |
1.025 billion |
-8.1% |
|
Eurasia |
775.8 million |
737.7 million |
-4.9% |
MAPFRE is the largest Spanish insurer in the world, the leading multinational insurance company in Latin America and the sixth largest property insurer in Europe by premium volume.
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The company has 19 offices around the world, employs 34,000 people and serves 29 million customers.
Last year, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, MAPFRE achieved a net profit of 526.5 billion euros on consolidated sales of 25.42 billion euros and an improvement in the combined ratio of almost 3% to 94.8%.
