Local leadership drives global strategy
Buffett's rules guide Dubai operations
Building on a solid foundation
Women in Insurance
Champions of change
Tunisia
Breaking the deadlock
CEOs
Holding the fort in the face of change
Corporate governance
Governance and culture: Implementation challenges
Tighter control as businesses mature
Fraud
Tinker, tailor, doctor, fraudster
Waleed Jabsheh on family and corporate values
Better regulations to boost trade credit takaful
MENA
MENA: World Bank forecasts marginally higher GDP growth this year
MENA: Total startup funding up 31% to $893m in 2018
Middle East: Property reinsurance capacity of regional players in the spotlight
Algeria: Insurance sector saw stable premium growth in 9M18
Egypt: Minimum capital for insurers to be raised 1.5 times to $8.4m
Egypt: Individual insurance brokers allowed to undertake online distribution
Egypt: Microfinance clients must have life insurance
Egypt: Market forecast to grow at double digits this year
Jordan: Up to 7 insurers may exit the market
Kuwait: Insurance sector to get its own regulator
Kuwait: Life market faces lack of expertise and other challenges
Lebanon: Life insurance declined by 7% in 2018
Lebanon: Online insurer seeks strategic partner to fund expansion
Morocco: Central bank says insurance sector is strong
Oman: Cyclone Mekunu claims exceed $400m
Palestine: Authority starts 7-month insurance awareness drive
Saudi Arabia: Merger of two insurers set to be finalised in May
Tunisia: Automobile risk centre set up to unify bonus-malus system
Turkey: Govt extends ceiling on compulsory motor insurance premiums
Turkey: Lawmakers approve law to establish national reinsurer
Turkey: National pension plan extends minimum subscription period to 3 years
UAE: Cash collection remains problematic for insurers
UAE: Regulator lays out 3-phase implementation schedule for IFRS 17
UAE: Premiums estimated to have broken through AED50bn-mark in 2018
UAE: Motor premium rates down by 15-18% in 2018
UAE: Pay-as-you-go motor insurance to be introduced shortly
UAE: Marsh launches China desk in Dubai
UAE: ADNIC to provide motor insurance to government fleet
UAE: Allianz Care selects Health at Hand as telehealth partner
UAE: Financial comparison site secures $8m in latest funding round
UAE: Aetna International and Neuron announce strategic partnership
Global
Cyber joins business interruption as the top business risks globally
Value proposition to reinsurance buyers remains high
Marine industry publishes enhanced cyber security guidelines
Takaful
Global: Takaful remains small proportion of Islamic financial market
Global: IFSB issues paper on consumer protection in takaful
Egypt: Misr Insurance group setting up family takaful company
Indonesia: Shariah ecosystem to give impetus to takaful
Malaysia: Actuarial Partners teams up with Moody's to offer IFRS 17 services
Malaysia: Several factors brighten prospects for takaful sector
Morocco: Preparations for takaful in final stage
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