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Specialist insurance and pensions authority

PortugalASF

Insurance supervision in Portugal.

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01 / The institution

Autoridade de Supervisão de Seguros e Fundos de Pensões (ASF)

Decree-Law 1/2015 renamed the former ISP as ASF and approved its statutes within Portugal’s framework for regulatory entities.

How it is structured

Specialist insurance and pensions authority

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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.

2025> EUR 16.2bn

Direct insurance production

Business in Portugal, up 13.4%; life grew 17.8% and non-life 9.2%.

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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 · Published

Evolução da Atividade Seguradora — fourth quarter 2025 summary ↗

ASF’s official information note reviewed through indexed text. The note reports annual totals at the end of Q4; direct access to the publication portal required a browser security check.

Life amounts paid

−22%

Life payouts fell while non-life amounts paid increased 6.4%.

Evolução da Atividade Seguradora — fourth quarter 2025 summaryClaims and benefits section · 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. Estatutos - Site ASF Institucional - ASF ↗Checked
  2. Institutional website — contact route ↗Checked
  3. Evolução da Atividade Seguradora — fourth quarter 2025 summary ↗Checked

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