Paulo Barardo

Açoreana Companhia de Seguros SA (Açoreana) is the Lisbon-based life insurance subsidiary of Rentipar Seguros SGPS SA, itself a subsidiary of Soil SGPS in Portugal. The firm was established in 1892, and has partnerships with a network of brokers, institutions, local government, companies and groups in the Azores. In 1996 Açoreana was integrated into the Banco Internacional do Funchal (BANIF) Group. In 1999, they acquired the Oceânica Companhia de Seguros, doubling their network of offices and tripling the volume of their production. In 2002 they merged with O Trabalho and established Açoreana as one of the leading national insurance firms.