Latin America - Class structures (article published by ART Ins. Services Ltd)

Latin America Class structures and their Insurance education Is Latin America properly equipped to confront a major natural disaster? Latin America is a continent with one of the highest levels of inequality in the world, where 60% of the wealth lies in the hands of 20% of the population and around 120 individuals boast personal fortunes of over 2,000 million dollars each. By contrast, you then have an average household income of about USD 300 per month. Latin America has gone on a roller coaster in its history and it is frequently described as the land of future. It is because of this tradition that the whole continent continues to offer great insurance business opportunities as it is experiencing a sustained period of strong growth. However the inequality of their wealth, social and economic class structures and lack of insurance education in more than 80% of their population still prevail”. Then we continue by analysing the social structure and class compo...