Porto Seguro SA

Detailed Description

Porto Seguro S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of insurance products and services for individuals and legal entities in Brazil and Uruguay. The company operates through Auto Insurance, Health Plans and Insurance, Personal Insurance and Supplementary Pension, Insurance - Other Lines, Financial Entities and Consortia, and Other segments. It offers auto insurance; health and dental insurance; damage and personal insurance; casualty insurance coverage to households, companies, condominiums, construction works, farms, liability, equipment, transportation, contractual obligation guarantees, and rental surety insurance; life insurance products; and reinsurance products, as well as supplementary pension plans. The company also manages and trades savings bonds; manages consortium for acquisition of chattels and properties, as well as securities portfolios, investment funds, and other third-party funds; grants loans and financing for consumption and working capital, as well as operates credit cards; distributes investment fund quotas; provides services related to protection and electronic monitoring, as well as technical insurance brokerage, telemarketing and call center, and telecommunication services; trades in and distributes auto parts; manages and offers health care plans to pets, as well as vet services and accessories; and rents and outsources vehicles or fleets of vehicles. In addition, it offers services of occupational health; outpatient medical services; and administrative advisory to physicians and health care providers, as well as labor security and ergonomics services. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. Porto Seguro S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Porto Seguro Itau-unibanco Participações S.A.