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Antonio Huertas

Chairman & CEO, Mapfre

Search every verified Antonio Huertas interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Antonio Huertas, chairman and CEO of Mapfre, announced on July 23, 2026, the signing of an agreement to acquire Safety Insurance, a company operating in Massachusetts and New England. Huertas described the acquisition as a decisive step for Mapfre in the United States, stating that it reinforces the company's presence in what he called the largest insurance market in the world and provides global scale. He said the deal allows Mapfre to invest more in the U.S., diversify with more assets and business in dollars, and accelerate growth. Huertas also reported Mapfre's financial results for the first half of 2026. He stated that the company achieved a profit of 1,313 million euros before taxes and minority interests, and 624 million euros net, with growth exceeding 9% in both figures. He attributed the results to improved profitability, efficiency, and the company's ability to create sustainable value, and named Spain, the United States, Brazil, and Mapfre itself as major drivers of growth. In his remarks, Huertas also expressed solidarity with Venezuela following recent earthquakes there.

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“Ibero-America still enjoys a wonderful demographic bonus, a young population that works, produces and generates economic value. But the region is aging at an unprecedented rate, much higher than what Europe experienced in its day. Life expectancy in Latin America has gone from 59 years in 1970 to 76 in 2025, according to the latest United Nations projections, a jump of 17 years in barely half a century, driven by med”

“The insurance market in Ibero-America, which moves a volume of more than 215,000 million dollars in premiums, constitutes barely 2.8% of the world insurance market. This figure is an unacceptable asymmetry if we consider that the region represents close to 8% of global gross domestic product. The most critical data, which reflects the limitations for a true development of a broad Ibero-American middle class, is the i”

“Apenas el 20% de las empresas españolas tienen interacción con las universidades para tratar de extraer un poco ese mayor valor y poder conectarlo. Entonces, yo no lo veo tanto como una debilidad de la conectividad entre empresas, sino algo más importante que hay que mejorar: esa conectividad con la fuente del talento que no deja de ser pues la propia universidad, sea pública o sea privada.”

“Hay un dato importante, ¿no? En España, en torno al 90% de las empresas suelen en general estar conectadas unas con otras y aprovecharse de esa relación. Sin embargo, hay menor conectividad entre la empresa y la universidad. Apenas el 20% de las empresas españolas tienen interacción con las universidades para tratar de extraer un poco ese mayor valor y poder conectarlo.”

“Tenemos la certeza de que en este mundo global conectado y en continua transformación, nuestra contribución a la generación de riqueza y empleo debe ir acompañada de un deber firme con el desarrollo justo y sostenible de las comunidades donde operamos.”

“En un mundo que tiende a la fragmentación, a la polarización y al cortoplacismo. El foro es un ejemplo luminoso de lo que se puede conseguir cuando lo público y lo privado trabajan juntos con visión de largo plazo en favor de un objetivo compartido.”

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