July 13th 2022.- On July 12 and 13, 2022, the virtual seminar ‘COVID-19: Lessons learned and its impact on the insurance sector in Latin America’ was held. This event is part of the activities carried out by the Catastrophic Risk Management Working Group, part of the Council of Finance Ministers, to analyze the risks arising out from the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact on the countries of the region.
The seminar included the participation of representatives of the supervisory and regulatory authorities of the insurance sector of the member countries of the Pacific Alliance (PA), personnel from the World Bank, the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization, as well as representatives of the insurance sector of the PA countries.
This seminar allowed to know the real impact of the risks derived from the pandemic, both in the public and private insurance sectors, from the experiences of the actors who faced it, and reflecting on the points to be strengthened in the region to face future challenges of this nature.
