Insurance and loss-adjusting industry bodies
The regulators, associations and official registers behind insurance and claims inspection in the markets we work in, with one sentence on each body's role and a link to its official website.
United Kingdom
Financial Conduct Authority
The regulator of financial services firms in the UK, including insurers and brokers: it sets the standards they must meet and holds them to account if they don't.
Association of British Insurers
The voice of the UK's insurance and long-term savings industry, representing more than 300 firms.
Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters
The professional body which, under its Royal Charter, represents, promotes and safeguards professional standards in loss adjusting and assessing.
Institute of Automotive Engineer Assessors
The institute that represents more than 1,300 automotive engineer assessors (motor damage assessors) across the United Kingdom.
Portugal
Autoridade de Supervisão de Seguros e Fundos de Pensões
The supervisory authority whose mission is to ensure the sound functioning of the insurance and pension fund markets in Portugal; it also manages the Motor Guarantee Fund (Fundo de Garantia Automóvel).
Associação Portuguesa de Seguradores
A not-for-profit association that represents and promotes the interests of the insurance and reinsurance companies operating in Portugal.
Câmara Nacional de Peritos Reguladores
A professional association representing those who work as loss adjusters (peritos reguladores) in Portugal, including insurance claims inspection, which offers training and is seeking recognition of the profession from the competent authorities.
Spain
Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones
The administrative body of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business that supervises the firms and activity of Spain's insurance, reinsurance and pension fund markets.
Unión Española de Entidades Aseguradoras y Reaseguradoras
The association that represents the insurance industry in Spain, with around 200 member companies.
Asociación de Peritos de Seguros y Comisarios de Averías
A professional association of insurance experts and average adjusters that defends its members' interests and trains them through CEAPS, its study centre.
Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros
A public business entity, attached to the Ministry of Economy through the DGSFP, serving the Spanish insurance sector: it covers extraordinary risks and has roles in compulsory motor insurance, combined agricultural insurance and the winding-up of insurers.
Brazil
Superintendência de Seguros Privados
A federal agency linked to the Ministry of Finance, responsible for overseeing and supervising Brazil's insurance, open private pension, capitalisation and reinsurance markets.
Confederação Nacional das Empresas de Seguros Gerais, Previdência Privada e Vida, Saúde Suplementar e Capitalização
A nationwide civil association bringing together the federations that represent Brazil's insurance, open private pension and life, supplementary health and capitalisation companies.
Associação Brasileira de Reguladores, Liquidantes e Peritos de Sinistros
A not-for-profit civil association founded by loss adjusters and claims experts in the insurance market, which aims to develop certifications for the profession.
Latin America
Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
Comisión Nacional de Seguros y Fianzas
A decentralised body of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit that supervises Mexico's insurance and surety sectors.
Asociación Mexicana de Instituciones de Seguros
The body that represents Mexico's insurance companies before the public, private and social sectors.
Comisión para el Mercado Financiero
A technical public body that supervises Chile's financial market, including insurance, and keeps the official registers of loss adjusters (liquidadores de siniestros).
Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia
A technical body attached to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit that inspects, monitors and controls firms carrying out financial, securities and insurance activities in Colombia.
Federación de Aseguradores Colombianos
The trade body that represents Colombia's insurance, reinsurance and capitalisation companies and promotes an insurance culture in the country.
Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP
The body responsible for regulating and supervising Peru's financial, insurance, private pension and savings-and-credit cooperative systems.
Lusophone Africa (PALOP)
Autoridade de Supervisão de Seguros e de Fundos de Pensões de Moçambique
The supervisor of insurance, insurance distribution, reinsurance and supplementary pension funds in Mozambique; created by Law 4/2026, it succeeds the Instituto de Supervisão de Seguros de Moçambique (ISSM), whose website is still live.
Banco de Cabo Verde
The central bank of Cabo Verde, which, as part of its micro-prudential supervision, supervises and regulates insurance, reinsurance and insurance distribution.
About this list
This page is for information only. Each description summarises what the body itself says on its official website, as checked in October 2026. For authoritative information, always refer to the official source.
CloudWorks has no relationship with any of the bodies listed and does not speak on their behalf. If you spot an error or a change, please write to info@cloudworks.pt.