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This page is dedicated to Argentina and contains all insurance and reinsurance related resources including but not limited to list of insurance companies, reinsurance companies, brokers, Surveyors, Loss Adjusters, Risk Managers, Third Party Administrators (TPAs), Local & International Insurance Institutes, Insurance College and Insurance & Reinsurance Regulators. Please remember that this is a collaborative website and if you have any additional information or if you want to add an insurance company which is not listed on this page - you may do so by clicking on 'Add a Company' link on the top of this page. The website shall be updated instantly.
Full country name: Argentine Republic
Area: 1.08 million sq miles (second largest country in South America after Brazil)
Population: 40.3 million (2009 WHO), 1.5 million currently overseas
Life expectancy: 72 years (male); 79 years (female)
Capital city: Buenos Aires (population 3.04 million; approx. 12 million live in the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area)
People: Most Argentines are of European origin, especially Spanish and Italian. Substantial numbers also came from France, Poland, Russia and Germany. The Jewish community is the seventh largest in the world outside Israel. There are also more than 1 million people of Arab descent. Around 1% of the population are indigenous people living mainly in the north and west.
Language: The official language is Spanish.
Religion(s): Roman Catholic (90%); Protestant (2%); others include Judaism and Islam.
Currency: Peso