Astute supervision limits the need for additional rules
BIBF: A preferred training provider
GAIF offers renewed optimism for industry
Catastrophes - Coping with climate change and Nat CATs in MENA
Catastrophes - Climate insurance initiatives take root in the Middle East
Catastrophes - The evolving risks of Nat CATs in the Middle East
Catastrophes - Insuring assets against flooding
Tunisia - Finding pockets of growth
Tunisia - Regulator has an ambitious "To Do" list for the insurance sector
Tunisia - Sustaining healthy growth
Lifestyle & Wellness - Paying a price for lifestyle diseases
Lifestyle & Wellness - Taking responsibility for employees' health
AIO Conference: Insurers must step up to reap the potential of Africa
Regulators look for a strong partnership with MENA markets
FAIR looks to boost the region's life industry
Call for global takaful reference body
Covering employees on the go
To risk management maturity and beyond
Takaful features - Takaful's move towards big corporate accounts
Takaful features - Keeping in sight the takaful value system
Middle East - GCC: 11 insurance leaders rank among the top 100 CEOs in region in 2016
Middle East - MENA: P&C insurance growth to be 2nd highest in the world for 2016-25
Middle East - GCC: Gulf region is best performing market for India's biggest life insurer
Middle East - Bahrain: Insurers seek 3rd-party motor insurance tariff increases
Middle East - Bahrain: Insurers lobby for priority in large projects
Middle East - Bahrain: Arig swings back to profits in 1Q 2016
Middle East - Bahrain: Insurers can do more to develop life insurance
Middle East - Kuwait: Smart phone use a main cause of motor accidents
Middle East - Lebanon: IMF says pension reform is vital
Middle East - Oman: Regulator approves amended regulations for agents
Middle East - Oman: Insurers urged to upgrade local human capabilities
Middle East - Oman: Al Anwar executes MoU to divest stake in Falcon
Middle East - Turkey: Motor 3rd-party liability insurance reforms passed
Middle East - Turkey: Insurance mart to see consolidation, new players
Middle East - UAE: Insurers urged to be ready for surge in medical insurance demand
Middle East - UAE: Insurers modifying conditions in fire insurance policies
Middle East - UAE: Health insurance wastage cost US$1 bln yearly
Middle East - UAE: Emiratisation in insurance sector to exceed 17% by 2020
Middle East - UAE: Chedid Capital buys 75% stake in insurance broker
Africa: Focus on 7 sub-Saharan countries as frontier markets
Africa: Insurance markets more robust due to economy, regulation, distribution
Africa - Algeria: Insurers need to enter SME market for business growth
Africa - Algeria: Insurance association seeking auto premium increases
Africa - Egypt: Insurers re-examine fire underwriting in wake of fires
Africa - Egypt: Health insurance Bill ready to be sent to Parliament
Africa - Kenya: Jubilee reports highest ROE among insurers in 2015
Africa - Morocco: Insurance market saw accelerated growth in 2015
Africa - Morocco: Insurers faring well with much potential ahead
Africa - Nigeria: Blueprint to be unveiled soon for insurance sector
Global - Usage-based auto insurance to grow to 142 mln subscribers globally by 2023
Global - .insurance domain space is launched
Takaful Takaful - Global gross contributions rose 5% to US$23.2 bln in 2015
Takaful - Middle East: Family takaful seen as growth opportunity
Takaful - The Comoros: Union becomes 44th member of ICIEC
Takaful - Ghana: Insurance regulator to introduce takaful to the market
Takaful - Malaysia: Rural market key to takaful growth
Takaful - Malaysia: Zurich takes over 100% of MAA Takaful
Takaful - Saudi Arabia: Vision 2030 to fuel at least 15% insurance growth per year
Takaful - Saudi Arabia: Roads need to improve for auto premiums to fall
Takaful - Sri Lanka: Amana Takaful reports sturdy results for 2015
Takaful - Sudan: Regulations being drafted for mandatory health insurance
Takaful - UAE: Takaful expected to form 35% of total insurance mart by 2021
Takaful - UAE: Abu Dhabi National Takaful Co doubles net profit in 6 years
Diary of Events
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COUNTRY PROFILE
Tunis Re (Société Tunisienne de Réassurance) forges ahead to achieve growth in top line and profits, undeterred by a tough geopolitical environment and challenging economic conditions. But challenges remain, says Mrs Lamia Ben Mahmoud.
VIEW FROM INDIA
Mr Peter Ellen of Nexus Group considers the link between unhealthy habits and higher private medical insurance premiums, and how lifestyle change can help bring those costs down.
GLOBAL TAKAFUL
Messrs Marcel Omar Papp and Delil Khairat of Swiss Re Retakaful, Malaysia, discuss the challenges faced by takaful operators in increasing commercial lines business. They also outline several solutions to expand commercial takaful.
We present to you the essence of the keynote speech delivered by Mr Ian Johnston, Chief Executive, Dubai Financial Services Authority at Middle East Insurance Review's 10th Anniversary Summit in Dubai.
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The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) has set for itself the goal of being the preferred training provider of the insurance industry, developing human capital through a variety of initiatives aimed at building both technical and...
The 31st GAIF General Conference was recently held in Beirut with calls for closer cooperation amongst the region's insurance stakeholders who play a critical role in providing a safety net at a time of economic and political strife. Middle East...
In this cover feature, several experts share their insights on Nat CAT issues in MENA, including the impact of natural disasters on the region, the role of insurance in Nat CAT risk mitigation, climate insurance initiatives, catastrophe modelling,...
Mr Michael Scholz of Munich Re outlines the impact of climate change on the MENA region and the climate insurance solutions available or being created to meet the challenge.
Dr Cristina Arango of Impact Forecasting highlights how transparent and customisable catastrophe models will enable the re/insurance industry in the Middle East to adapt business to evolving natural disaster risks.
Slow economic growth and the unstable socio-political environment continue to impede the insurance sector's efforts to achieve higher growth rates. Nevertheless, against the odds, industry players manage to make inroads to yield positive outcomes.
Insurers should design products to meet their clients' needs, update their distribution mechanisms, and tap into other business lines to stay profitable and increase insurance penetration, says Mr Hafedh Gharbi, President and CEO, of the Comité...
Workforce health programmes make good business sense and can be win-win strategies for both employers and employees, says Mr Steve Clements of Willis Towers Watson.
Africa holds great potential for the insurance industry but operators need to work hard and improve their standards to keep pace with the growth prospects. In addition, the industry should increase levels of retention, provide suitable solutions to...
The 3rd Conference of the Arab Forum of Insurance Regulatory Commissions in Tunis last April marked the 10th anniversary of the establishment of this regional body for Arab regulators. The Conference offered an opportunity for the region's...
The Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers (FAIR) wants to be instrumental in driving the development of life insurance in the region given the huge untapped opportunities, it said at its recent Life Forum in Cairo.
Mr Paul Dobinson of AIG provides a nine-point checklist to help employers minimise risks to business travelers, including taking up business-specific travel cover.
Ms Iman Al-Gharabally, Team Leader of Enterprise Risk Management, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), the national oil company of Kuwait, oversees ERM at KPC and eight of its subsidiaries. She shares some insights from KPC's 12-year ERM journey from...
Mr Ajmal Bhatty, Founder of Masses Global, argues that tapping the value proposition of takaful would make the sector bigger than it is.