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Licensed insurance companies in Brazil (2026)

VerifiedVerified against the SUSEP / ANS register, checked 7 Sept 2026.

The 202 insurance companies licensed in Brazil in 2026, as recorded by the Superintendencia de Seguros Privados (SUSEP); ANS for health plans (SUSEP / ANS), with the class of business and ownership each one is registered under.

202Licensed operators
39Life19% of entities142General (non-life)70% of entities53Cross-border groups149 domestically owned

By class of business

Each company is counted once, under the class its register row records. The supervisor’s own tally counts licences, so a company licensed for more than one class appears more than once there.

By ownership

  • Domestic private136 67%
  • Foreign multinational53 26%
  • State-owned / parastatal9 4%
  • Mutual / cooperative4 2%

“Cross-border groups” counts foreign multinationals and pan-regional groups; “domestically owned” counts domestic private, state-owned, mutual and captive entities. The register records the parent’s type, not its home market. How ownership is recorded

Licensed insurers in Brazil

Showing 25 of 202 entities. The full, filterable table is on the country page; every row is in the JSON below.

InsurerClassOwnershipGroupVerification
Aig Life Companhia De SegurosLLifeForeign multinationalAIGVerified
Aig Seguros Brasil S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAIGVerified
Allianz Seguros S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAllianzVerified
Axa Seguros S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAXAVerified
Axa Xl Seguros S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAXAVerified
Berkley International Do Brasil Seguros S/AGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalW.R. BerkleyVerified
Cardif Do Brasil Seguros E Garantias S.A.XSpecialty / Credit / CaptiveForeign multinationalBNP ParibasVerified
Cardif Do Brasil Vida E Previdência S/ALLifeForeign multinationalBNP ParibasVerified
Chubb Seguros Brasil S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalChubbVerified
Coface Do Brasil Seguros De Crédito S/AXSpecialty / Credit / CaptiveForeign multinationalChubbVerified
Essor Seguros S.AGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalSCORVerified
Euler Hermes Seguros De Crédito À Exportação S.A.XSpecialty / Credit / CaptiveForeign multinationalAllianz TradeVerified
Euler Hermes Seguros S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalAllianz TradeVerified
Fairfax Brasil Seguros Corporativos S.AGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalFairfaxVerified
Generali Brasil Seguros S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalGeneraliVerified
Hdi Global Seguros S.AGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalTalanxVerified
Hdi Seguros De Automóveis E Bens S/AGGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalTalanxVerified
Hdi Seguros Do Brasil S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalTalanxVerified
Hdi Seguros S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalTalanxVerified
Liberty Mutual Surety Brasil Seguros S.A.XSpecialty / Credit / CaptiveForeign multinationalLiberty MutualVerified
Mapfre Affinity Seguradora S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalMapfreVerified
Mapfre Previdência S.A.LLifeForeign multinationalMapfreVerified
Mapfre Seguradora De Crédito À Exportação S.A.XSpecialty / Credit / CaptiveForeign multinationalMapfreVerified
Mapfre Seguros Gerais S.A.GGeneral (Non-life)Foreign multinationalMapfreVerified
Mapfre Vida S.A.LLifeForeign multinationalMapfreVerified

Full table for Brazil ↗

Regulatory intelligence: Brazil

Read from the register, not written for this page: the supervisor’s regime, the source the list was checked against, and the market notes recorded alongside it.

Regime
Decreto-Lei 73/1966 and CNSP resolutions; Lei Complementar 126/2007 opened reinsurance; Lei 9.656/1998 for health plans (ANS)
Register source
SES v4.0 seguradoras list (LISTAEMPRESAS), base 202606 generated 31 Aug 2026: 338 codes
Verification
Verified against the regulator register · SES v4.0 seguradoras list (LISTAEMPRESAS), base 202606 generated 31 Aug 2026: 338 codes

No market event is recorded against this register for 2026. The regime and source above are the standing facts.

Governing legislation

  • Decree-Law 73/1966 · Institutional and insurance framework

    SUSEP is an autonomous public body linked to the Ministry of Finance, supervising insurance, open private pensions, capitalisation and reinsurance. Health-plan supervision belongs to a separate framework.

Verification log

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

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