Suramericana Purchases Insurers in El Salvador

©image: Suramericana.com.co

This was informed by company CFO, Andrew Bernal, to Bnamericas.com.

"Suramericana will acquire AFP Crecer through its unit AFP Proteccion, the second largest manager of private pension funds in Colombia."

Asesuisa y Asesuisa Vida are leading companies in the insurance sector in El Salvador.

Source: bnamericas.com

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