Insurance

While global insurance markets have been showing lower levels of growth in recent years, Peru’s insurance sector has expanded apace, averaging 15% annual growth in premiums over the past five years. There are 14 insurance companies providing a variety of plans and services. Life in particular has performed particularly well by global standards: while life insurance sales dropped by 4.3% globally in 2009, premiums in Peru grew 9.73% that year. Though insurance penetration in the country remains low, at 1.6%, recent levels of growth indicate that the Peruvian population is becoming more attuned to the benefits of insurance plans, boding well for future expansion in the sector.