Reinsurance
MENA reinsurance market requires long-term view
Taking the pulse of the market
Pressure on reinsurance market persists
Would winds of change bring market discipline?
General insurance - Market in evolution
Life insurance offers greater room for growth
Distribution - Expanding distribution horizons in the UAE
Association - Working for a stronger market
UAE: Product development key to future prospects
UAE market at a crossroad - S&P
Healthcare
Innovation a requisite for health insurance growth
Room for improvement in mandatory health execution
Technology for mandatory health fast taking shape
AIRDC: Developing markets - An oasis of insurance growth
Credit risk rises for Arab exports to Asia
Brokers can add more value through fair treatment of clients
Making takaful fit for the new world
Multinational Programmes: Getting global insurers to respond to claims locally
Trade Credit - Protecting financier interest
Fraud - Detect and deter fraud in the region
MENA
Making strides for the FAIR community
MENA: Time to act on private pensions
MENA: Rate undercutting plagues motor mart
Jordan - Insurers in talks to stop mandatory auto 3rd-party cover
Jordan - Central bank to oversee insurance industry from 2017
Kuwait - New insurance law 75% finalised
Kuwait - New Health insurance scheme for retirees
Lebanon - Insurance mart sees 4% 1H premium growth to $830 mln
Lebanon - Independent brokers generate $234 mln in premiums in 2015
Lebanon - Former Lebanese regulator Walid Genadry honoured by IAIS
Lebanon - AROPE enters strategic partnership with local parties to boost distribution
Oman - Regulator issues insurance service guidelines
Oman signs insurance MoU with Iran
Oman: Two killed a day in road accidents in 1H
Qatar - QFC to move to new financial zone next year
Qatar - Premiums jump by a third to over $3 bln in 2015
UAE - New auto insurance rule adopted
UAE - Auto rates to increase by at least 25%
UAE - Insurers signal recovery in 1H16 despite regulatory changes
UAE - Regulator warns insurers against making misleading statements
UAE - Proportion of residents with life insurance this year declines
UAE - Financial comparison website raises further $2.4 mln
UAE - DFSA fines intermediary Clements for breaches
Africa
Reinsurers bullish about prospects
Algeria - Market posts stable premiums in 1H16
Egypt - Health insurance Bill tabled to lawmakers
Egypt - Strong insurance performance forecasted over next 18 months
Egypt: Insurance Federation to set up anti-fraud databank
Africa - Misr Insurance's profit crosses milestone EGP1-bln mark
Egypt: Allianz has biggest number of bancassurance tie-ups
Kenya - ZEP-RE launches insurance academy
Morocco - Catastrophe cover to be mandatory in all non-life insurance policies
Tunisia - Union of Pharmacists suspends third-party payment system
Zimbabwe - New microinsurance venture launched
Global
IFC launches platform to mobilise $5 bln for infrastructure investments in emerging markets
Emerging markets set to drive future insurance market growth
Takaful
Bahrain - Takaful Int'l signs agreement with Al Salam Bank-Bahrain
Egypt - Misr Emirates Takaful Life studies two funding options to buy a property
Malaysia - Takaful Malaysia sees 30% rise in 3Q net profit
Pakistan - SIL receives takaful window operator licence
Saudi Arabia - Close to 11 mln covered by health insurance
Saudi Arabia - Health insurers look at smoking & obesity
Saudi Arabia - Saudi insurers on the right path but face tough ride - S&P
Saudi Arabia - 2nd phase of single health insurance policy starts
Global - Retakaful - Call for terminology and operating models to be standardised
Global - Prospects remain robust despite subdued sukuk issuance - Moody's
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The UAE insurance market is at a crossroad as it strives to maintain growth amid a subdued economic environment, ever-increasing regulation and intense competition, says Mr Sachin Sahni of Standard & Poor’s.