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Integrated financial supervisor

ColombiaSFC

Insurance supervision in Colombia.

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01 / The institution

Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia

The decree merged the former banking and securities superintendencies into the Financial Superintendency. Insurance sits within the resulting supervisory structure.

How it is structured

Integrated financial supervisor

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The legal foundations

Mandate, written into law.

Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.

02 / Market signals

The numbers, with context.

Figures retain the reporting period and accounting basis of their source. They are snapshots, not live indicators or directly comparable country rankings.

Insurance penetration. A current premium-to-GDP ratio has not been independently verified for this profile. No estimate is substituted.

03 / The report notebook

A dated view of the market.

What we noted in the regulator’s publications. Each entry separates the period covered, publication date when known, and our review date.

ReviewedNOTE 01

2025

Colombian financial system in figures — December 2025 ↗

The SFC’s annual financial-system summary and insurance findings were read. Figures for banks, pensions and managed assets are excluded.

Insurance premiums · 2025

COP 61.1tn

The supervisor highlights insurance’s protection role alongside more than COP 26tn in claims paid.

Colombian financial system in figures — December 2025Insurance-industry bullet · Country illustration
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04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.

Research trail

Sources you can follow.

Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.

  1. Decreto 4327 de 2005. Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia. Fusión de la Superintendencia Bancaria en la Superintendencia de Valores ↗Checked
  2. Institutional website — contact route ↗Checked
  3. Colombian financial system in figures — December 2025 ↗Checked

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