Porto Seguro SA engages in the provision of insurance services. It operates through the following segments: Automobile Insurance, Health Insurance and Health Plans, Personal Insurance and Supplementary Pension Insurance, Insurance-Other Lines, Financial Entities and Assets Consortia, and Other. The Automobile Insurance segment comprises of automobile insurance. The Health Insurance and Health Plans segment provides health and dental insurance. The Personal Insurance and Supplementary Pension Insurance segment comprises the insurance premiums of persons and income from management fees and contributions made monthly by participants in pension plans. The Insurance-Other Lines segment comprises insurance premiums for damages. The Financial Entities and Assets Consortia segment deals with income from management fees of consortia groups, income from credit operations, and income from management of investment funds and management of financial assets. The Other segment comprises of income form services rendered by all other companies and income from special saving bonds. The company was founded by José Alfredo de Almeida, José da Cunha Júnior, José Andrade de Sousa, and Amador Aguiar on August 27, 1945 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.