IRB market bulletin shows Brazil insurers’ premiums rise 6.5% to R$ 94 billion in Jan-May 2026

• IRB Brasil Resseguros reported Brazil insurers issued BRL 94 billion in premiums in Jan-May 2026, up 6.5% year on year.
• Loss ratio fell to 37.4%, down 4.6 percentage points; May posted the year’s lowest at 35.8%, down 8 points year on year.
• Life insurance drove roughly half of premium growth; critical illness or terminal illness premiums rose 19.7%.
• Insurers ceded BRL 12.4 billion to reinsurance; sector net profit totaled BRL 18 billion, up 14.5%.
• Auto was the only segment with a higher loss ratio; cumulative loss ratio reached 60.8%, up 0.9 points.

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