A growing market

Heavily regulated by the Superintendence of Private Insurance (SUSEP), the Brazilian insurance market is the largest in Latin America.

Key facts

• Ten countries border Brazil: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and Suriname
• Its shoreline extends for 7,491 km
• In 2009, Brazil had 183.9 million inhabitants
• The main agricultural products are Cotton rice, coffee sugar cane, orange and soybean
• Brazil has the largest helicopter market in Latin America
• Brazil is the largest Latin American recipient of German exports and foreign investment