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General
Focus on digitisation and partnerships for digital transformation
Insurers mine further value from digital innovation
Increased shipbuilding spells opportunity for insurers
Life & health
Saudi, COVID-19, expat exodus and health insurance
Pandemic restrictions push insurers to embrace technology
Lebanon
Proper regulation needs a functioning government
Life insurance as a channel to diversify risk
Major headwinds for Lebanon's insurance sector
Struggling reinsurance sector weighs on overall insurance industry
InsurTech sets the stage for greater product innovation
GCC: Takaful prospects aided by growth in retail lines
New framework to help takaful sector move towards sustainable finance
View from India
Insurance aggregators and the digital surge
IFRS17 to drive demand for actuaries
More insurers in the Middle East take captive insurance route
Supply chain may need refocus from 'just-in-time' to 'just-in-case
Managing risks over supply chain disruption
MENA
Middle East: COVID-19 is 4th biggest cause of death in the region
Algeria: Insurers owed more than $746m in premiums
Bahrain: Move for insurers to handle minor traffic accidents seen as a pioneering step
Egypt: Insurance federation recommends ways to avoid claims leakage
Morocco: Insurers demand more investment avenues to counter falling interest rates
Oman: Reinsurer's pre-tax profit jumps by 53% in 1Q
Qatar: TPA signs cooperation agreement with healthcare provider
UAE: Listed insurers see profit soar by 76% in 1Q2021
UAE: Al Fardan Exchange partners with Orient Insurance to accept premium payments
Global
Dive In confirms dates for 2021 festival; calls for active allyship
US cyber insurance premiums doubled over five years: Aon study
Rate hardening in (re)insurance expected to continue through 2022
Eight leading reinsurers lend support to Lloyd's $900m new cover
Life insurance sector's outlook upgraded to stable
Takaful
Global: Compulsory health insurance to contribute to moderate growth of takaful over next 2-3 years
Turkey: Pact signed with business association to promote takaful
Qatar: Takaful accounts for 1% of total assets of its Islamic finance market
Morocco: Takaful forecast to lead to doubling of real estate financing
EIOPA chooses 44 insurers for COVID-19 stress test
Response to weather risk in Australia will be strengthened
Mandatory income-protection insurance suggested
Businesses still have remote working cyber security concerns
Climate change could be responsible for 37% of global heat deaths
Governance risk and compliance insights survey
Financial and reputational damage from governance weaknesses on the rise
Taskforce on nature-related financial disclosures launched
People risk intensified on back of pandemic
Leading cyber insurers launch CyberAcuView
Hotter cities by 2050 will hit productivity and supply chains
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