Argentina Superintendency of Insurance, as ASSAL chair, convenes regional insurance supervision conference and admits NAIC as associate member

The Argentina Superintendency of Insurance reported on Superintendent Guillermo Plate’s activities as President of ASSAL, including his role presenting a High-Level Conference on Insurance Supervision for Latin America and the Caribbean in Costa Rica and chairing ASSAL’s annual assembly, which ratified NAIC’s incorporation as an associate member. Held on 15–16 April, the conference was organised by ASSAL with the Financial Stability Institute and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, with sponsorship from Costa Rica’s General Superintendency of Insurance. Plate moderated a session on regional supervisory challenges and priorities, where ASSAL’s board outlined its main workstreams, progress to date and key short-term milestones, and collected initial input from regional supervisors to help prioritise forward-looking topics. The agenda covered current and emerging risks for insurers, including inflation, financial volatility and climate-change impacts, as well as catastrophe protection gaps and supervisory challenges linked to the use of artificial intelligence. At ASSAL’s XXXVII Annual Assembly on 17 April, the board presented a management review for its first year in office, alongside the financial statements and the 2025 annual report. ASSAL currently brings together the heads of insurance supervisory authorities from 22 Ibero-American countries.