2009 was an eventful year for the Latin American (re)insurance markets, with local factors and varying exposures to the global economic downturn leading to tremendously different results, trends and regulatory initiatives in the various countries.

Although all of the Latin American jurisdictions had notable regulatory and market developments in 2008, Mexico stands out as particularly significant given the size of the market involved.

If outside counsel for a company drafts factual memoranda concerning an internal investigation conducted in response to alleged wrongdoing, and then voluntarily shares the memoranda at the company's direction with government investigators, has the company waived the work product privilege?

Approximately one-fourth of Latin America’s 569 million residents live on less than $2 per day, and many Latin Americans do not have any type of insurance.

Although all of the Latin American jurisdictions had notable regulatory and market developments in 2008, Argentina stands out as particularly significant given the size of the market involved and the fundamental nature of the developments seen there in the past year.

Healthcare News From Capitol Hill And The Department Of Health And Human Services – August 22, 2011

A recurrent issue for foreign insurance and reinsurance companies active in Latin American in the last few years has been anti-corruption compliance, both as a compliance issue and an underwriting tisk.