Chairman and chief executive officer of Mapfre Antonio Huertas recently attended a conference in Malta which was attended by a large number of top Mapfre Asistencia executives from around the globe.

While in Malta, Huertas met a number of senior politicians, including Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna and Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Economic Growth Edward Zammit Lewis.

He also met Bank of Valletta chairman John Cassar White and CEO Charles Borg. BOV is the main partner of Mapfre in the Maltese operation, and currently owns 31.08 per cent of Middlesea Insurance shares.