Direccion General de Seguros

The General Directorate of Insurance and Pensions (Dirección General de Seguros y Pensiones) is an administrative body that depends on the Spanish State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Secretaría de Estado de Economía) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Spain, under Royal Decree (Real Decreto, in spanish) 1127/2008 of 4th July, which develops the basic structure of the Ministry. The Directorate-General of Insurance and Pension Funds (DGSFP) supervises and controls Spain's Insurance and pension fund sector. It is responsible for ensuring that the sector functions properly and for providing customers of insurance agencies and members of pension funds with appropriate protection. To that end, it is empowered to regulate, issue instructions to and supervise the institutions that compose the sector, thus guaranteeing proper operation in accordance with current legislation.^[1]

See also

• Ministry of Economy and Finance (Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda de España, MEH)
• Insurance Compensation Consortium (Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros, CCS)
• Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (National Securities Market Commission, CNMV)
• Bank of Spain (Banco de España, BdE)

References

1. ^ http://www.meh.es/en-GB/Areas%20Tematicas/Seguros%20y%20Fondos%20de%20Pensiones/Paginas/default.aspx Structure and Functions of the General Directorate of Insurance and Pensions

External links

• (Spanish) (English) Official website of the General Directorate of Insurance and Pensions of Spain (Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones)(in Spanish) (in English)