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MEXICO CITY - MAY 05, 2014 03:22 PM (EDT)
A.M. Best has opened its office in Mexico City located in the financial district at Paseo de la Reforma 412, and we are pleased to welcome our key staff that will lead this office forward.
This week, Managing Director Andrea Keenan welcomed Yazmin Galindo, Associate Director of Operations and Compliance, and Jesús Palacios, Associate Director of Market Development to round out the office leadership. They join Alfonso Novelo Gomez, Director of Analysis, who joined the company in March.
Novelo comes to A.M. Best with over fifteen years of insurance industry experience throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, including with the insurance regulator Comision Nacional de Seguros y Fianzas (CNSF), BBVA Seguros and the insurance ratings division of S&P in Mexico. "Alfonso brings a strong understanding of the Mexico and Latin American insurance markets, as well as the analysis of insurer financial strength, and we are very happy to have him leading our rating analytics in the region", said Keenan.
A.M. Best will be in attendance at this year's AMIS Annual Seminar, with a team including Andrea Keenan, Alfonso Novelo Gomez, and Jesús Palacios, along with Matthew Mosher, Senior Vice President of Rating Services, who is responsible for A.M. Best's rating services globally. Our office is open and if you would like to set up a meeting with us or at another time, please contact Jesús Palacios at jesus.palacios@ambest.com.
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