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1293
King Dinis, by royal letter dated 10th May 1293, approves an insurance Exchange (mutualism) to support losses resulting from the use of ships in maritime trade -
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1402
Sentence of the municipality of Oporto deciding to maintain the ships' Exchange -
1444
Royal letter mentioning the existence of a Stock Exchange at the municipality of Setúbal -
1459
Royal decree obliging foreigners to contribute to the Bruges Portuguese Stock Exchange -
1483
Confirmation, by King Dom João II, of the commitment or statutes of the Brotherhood of the Flemings, which King Dom Afonso V had officially approved in 1472 -
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1552
"Tractatus de Assecurationibus et Sponsionibus Mercatorum" by Pedro de Santarém -
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1573
First insurance document made in Lisbon, about the loss of a venetian ship (Lisbon - Livorno) -
1578
Creation of the office of Insurance Broker and appointment of Gaspar de Faria -
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1592
Establishment of the Consulate Court, supervising the insurance and rights recoveries in its execution -
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1757
King Dom José I limit to 5% per year the interest rates of the "maritime exchange or give money to risk" -
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1791
Queen Dona Maria I officialized the Regulation of the Insurance's House of Lisbon, allowing the creation of new insurers -
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1837
Regulation of the Kingdom's Business Centers and the Brokerage Corporation -
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1907
Government Decree laying the foundations for the exercise of insurance activity -
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1914-18
Favourable market to the creation of Insurance Companies, authorised to cover the risk of war in the maritime branch -
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1932
António Oliveira Salazar is nominated President of the Council of Ministers -
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1949
Creation of the General Inspection of Credit and Insurance (Insurance Supervision in Portugal) -
1958
Creation of the Portuguese Office of the International Automobile Insurance Certificate -
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1968
Marcelo Caetano succeeds António Oliveira Salazar as President of the Council of Ministers -
1971
Establishment of the National Insurance Council. Insurance and Reinsurance Activity Regime -
1974
The Armed Forces Movement carries out a coup d'état that puts an end to the "Estado Novo" -
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1979
Compulsory car Liability Insurance and Creation of the Automotive Guarantee Fund -
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Events and Disasters
“Human history is increasingly becoming a race between education and catastrophe.”
(Herbert George Wells)
The principles of mutualism must always be considered in preventing and responding to risk in individuals, families, businesses … in the dynamics of society. The insurance is a faithful depository of premiums, the insurance will return it to the company for compensation for misfortune.
Natural disasters accounted for about 78% of the damage suffered between 1970 and 2011, against 22% of the insured damage caused by human intervention, which includes the September 2001 Terrorist Attack, classified as the fourth largest accident since records.
In the recent past, 2011 was for the international insurance industry the second largest year in terms of accidents caused by natural disasters, only behind 2005.
Portugal has several natural disaster events in its history, but the risk of seismic phenomena is the one that causes the greatest concern with the destructive potential, even with different levels of risk among the various regions.
The scourge of forest fires has periodically devastated the Portuguese forest and, more recently, the storm that hit the island of Madeira, which was considered one of the 50 greatest natural disasters to have occurred throughout the world, with 43 people killed and the insurance market supporting compensation more than 135 million euros.
To praise the increasing robustness of the insurance companies that have responded with greater speed and commitment, allocating extraordinary resources to enable the settlement of the losses claimed.
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“There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?”
Woody Allen
History of Us
“The memory will keep what’s worthwhile.
Memory knows more about me than I do;
and it does not lose what is worth saving.”
(Eduardo Galeano)
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Mediation in Portugal
“It is possible, by force of trust, to put someone in the impossibility of deceiving us.”
(Joseph Joubert)
The insurance mediator communicates in two languages, and verbalises in good faith, the nearness and trust between insurance companies and persons or companies.
To the insurance mediator is entrusted with the task of advising and promoting so that, with the Insurers, the goods and people are effectively secure and that there’ be tranquility.