Sompo launches webseries that presents solutions focused on the Logistics & Transport segment

A Sompo, a subsidiary of the company responsible for the insurance and reinsurance operations of Sompo Holdings Group outside Japan, has just launched the web series “Solutions for Every Movement of Your Business“, which addresses the company's solutions for the Transport & Logistics segment. Under the “ concept“experts in protecting their responsibilities”, the insurer emphasizes in six chapters how it can contribute to the risk management and insurance coverage characteristics of this segment. The first episode of the webserie is already on the air on Sompo's Youtube channel and can be watched through the link: https://bit.ly/4bfIwsS.

Throughout the episodes, topics such as expertise in risk management consulting and the company's own Cargo Monitoring Center, strategies for using Guarantee Insurance for cash flow management, the importance of protecting physical structures and Machinery and Equipment, among other aspects, will be presented.

To support the initiative, Sompo's advertising agency Innocean developed a media plan with the dissemination of the episodes of the web series in digital media and sector news sites in the Logistics & Transportation segment during the first half of 2025.

“We are excited to launch this web series that reflects our commitment to offer effective solutions for the Transport & Logistics segment.Our commitment is to protect operations and ensure business continuity with the expertise of those who are leaders in the segment since 2017”, says Celso Ricardo Mendes, Executive Director of Sompo. “Aas opposed to what commonly happens in the market, which works the insurance branches in isolation, Sompo has a perspective in its communication and relationship with brokers and clients to present all solutions for each economic activity, so that we are the partner of managers in managing the risks inherent in the day-to-day business of its business, complements.  

“A campaign was developed to disseminate the value proposition created especially for this segment. We want to emphasize to our clients and insurance broker partners that we are next to them in every movement of their business, providing customized solutions that anticipate and mitigate risks and that are essential for the financial protection and sustainability of the” operation, emphasizes Aline Telis, Marketing Manager at Sompo.“We want to further strengthen our relationship with our public and emphasize that, more than an insurer, we are a true strategic partner for the sustainable growth of the transport & logistics business”, concludes.

Expertise and Leadership

Sompo has made significant investments to increase the services that add value to insurance. Since 2017, the company is a leader in the Transport Insurance segment, through which it provides a specialized Transport Risk Management service, which has a unique model and recognized by the market. In 2023, it was the first insurer to surpass the R$ brand 1 billion in premiums issued in this branch, consolidating even more its position of Risk Management Track.In early 20, R$ 5 million were invested in the expansion of the infrastructure of the Monitoring Center itself, the first of the market underwriting area was implemented under this type 3. 

Market

According to the Logistic Operators Profile survey, made by the Brazilian Association of Logistics Operators (ABOL) on request of the Logistics and Supply Chain Institute (ILOS), the 1.3 thousand companies that operate in this sector move about R$ 192 billion and generate about 2.3 million in direct and indirect jobs. Logistics Operators (OLs) serve more than 20 different economic sectors in the country and position themselves in different links of the supply chain.

Compared to 2020, the sectors that grew the most in the presence of OLs in 2024 were Beverages, Automotive and Auto Parts, Metalworking and Clothing and Textile. The study mapped about 30 activities within the logistics functions performed by OLs, including transportation in all modes, storage, inventory control, supply of production lines, among others. 

Data from the Superintendence of Private Insurance (SUSEP) indicate that the branch of Transportation Insurance handled more than R$ 6.2 billion in Insurance Awards in the period from January to December 2024, which represents a growth of 6% compared to R$ 5.8 billion registered in the same period of 2023.

It is worth mentioning that the Transport insurance branch is related only to policies that aim to compensate for any damage caused to the insured goods during their transport in waterway, land and air travel, on national and international routes (safety of the Vessel, owner of the cargo) or that cover losses for which the carrier is responsible, such as collision, overturning, ramming, fire or explosion of the carrier vehicle (insurance of the Carrier).

In the list of coverages to be considered in the Insurance Plans of the OLs, there are still modalities such as Guarantee Insurance (toward judicial guarantees or protection in contracts), Asset (toward the facilities), Machinery & Equipment (toward machinery such as forklifts, pallet trucks, mats etc.), among others.