Lawyer · Lima

Rebeca Herrera

Counsel · Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

Profile

Counsellor at PPU, expert in insurance law and financial regulation. Her professional practice focuses on matters related to financial and insurance market regulation, legal advice on the structuring of insurance programmes and the resolution of insurance and reinsurance disputes. She has served as legal and international affairs director of the Federation of Colombian Insurers, Fasecolda, manager of Casualty & Bonds at Royal and Sunalliance Colombia S.A. and external advisor to insurance and reinsurance companies, financial institutions and entities in the energy market. She has been a national and international lecturer on issues related to insurance law, insurance regulation and free trade in financial services. Additionally, she has been a member of boards of directors of financial entities linked to the national and international financial market.

Experience:

He is currently an Arbitrator at the Arbitration and Conciliation Centre of the Bogotá Chamber of Commercé, university lecturer (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad del Rosario) and Chairman of the Reinsurance Working Group of the Ibero-Latin American Committeé of the International Insurance Law Association, CILA.

2020 - TO PRESENT
ADVISER
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

2013 - 2020
PARTNER
Rebeca Herrera Abogados S.A.S

2010 - 2013
PROPERTY INSURANCE MANAGER
Royal Sun Alliance Colombia Seguros S.A.

2008 - 2010
LEGAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR
FASECOLDA

2001 - 2008
DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
FASECOLDA

Education

2017
DIPLOMA
National and International Arbitration
Bogota Chamber of Commerce
2013
SPECIALISED COURSE
Specialised Course for Arbitration Court Secretaries
Bogotá Chamber of Commerce
2001 - 2002
LL.M.
Insurance and Financial Regulation
The London School of Economics
2001
SPECIALIST
International Trade Law
Turin School of Development
1995 - 2000
LAWYER
Law
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Academic Activities

2016 - PRESENT
Specialisation in International Business Law
PROFESSOR - Universidad de los Andes
2016 - PRESENT
Specialisation in Insurance Law
PROFESSOR - Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
2009 - 2017
Public Insurance Law - Specialisation in Insurance Law
PROFESSOR - Externado University of Colombia
2006 - PRESENT
Organization and Control of Insurance Entities Specialization in Insurance Law
PROFESSOR - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Publications

Parametric insurance in the National Development Plan These are the five alternatives for resolving problems with financial institutions On the health reform, what about health insurance?