Mr Christos Adamantiadis - Oman Insurance: Building a respectable brand
Mrs Lamia Ben Mahmoud - Tunis Re: Pursuing progress
Middle East Industry Awards
A 10-year snapshot: Review of insurance in MENA - A decade's peaks and troughs
A 10-year snapshot: Life in the Middle East - Looking ahead
Oman: Still small but growing
Oman: Prepping for extreme weather
Oman: Gaining traction in retail
Healthcare Models: Healthcare in the Middle East - Innovating through new models
Cyber risks: Enemy at the gates of finance
Cyber Modelling: Modelling a new catastrophe
Cyber Resilience: Building a cyber-resilient business
RIMS Report: Middle East risk managers urged to raise profile
Legal Page: Regulating and supervising microtakaful
Ratings in MENA becoming more than just a badge
Strategic Global View: The digitisation of health insurance - Fighting or joining the disruptors?
Personality: An actuarial entrepreneur
Middle East: Zurich scales back general insurance ops
Middle East: Theft of client data, money, seen as SMEs' top cyber risks - Zurich
Middle East: Insurance becoming more popular career choice among business students - Deloitte
Middle East: Regional business travellers misjudge security risks - International SOS
Middle East News - Bahrain: Premiums grow 5% to US$718 mln in 2014
Middle East News - Kuwait: Ministry looking into health insurance for visitors
Middle East News - Qatar: QIC plans 25% dividend and bonus issue for 2015
Middle East News - Qatar Re completes move to domicile in Bermuda
Middle East News - Syria: Premiums climb by nearly 17% to US$52 mln in 1H
Middle East News - Data provider expands CAT coverage to Turkey
Middle East News - UAE: Listed insurers' profit tumble in Jan-Sep
Middle East News - UAE: About half of residents lack death and critical illness cover - FPI
Middle East News - UAE: DFSA proposes changes to insurance regulatory regime
Middle East News - UAE: Qatar Re, AXIS Capital subsidiary to set up in the DIFC
Middle East News - UAE: National General Insurance to cover bank's trade credit risk
Middle East News - UAE: Insurance Authority signs MoU with Abu Dhabi Global Market
Global News - Lloyd's syndicates commit US$400 mln capacity to help developing nations
Global News - US pledges $30 mln for climate risk insurance
Africa News - African risk pool to double CAT coverage
Africa News - Algeria: Premiums increase 6% to nearly US$1 bln in 9M15
Africa News - Algeria: Falling dinar and car sales to hit insurance
Africa News - Egypt: AXA completes purchase of Commercial International Life
Africa News - Egypt: Private insurance funds boast assets of over US$6 bln - EFSA
Africa News - Egypt: Fire loss ratio amounts to 187% - IFE
Africa News - Kenya: Industry hit by US$3 mln worth of fraud in Jan-Nov
Africa News - Morocco: Reinsurers to make provisions based on retrocessionaire ratings
Africa News - Morocco: Association becomes first Arab member of global body
Africa News - Morocco: Chedid Re is first reinsurance broker in Casablanca Finance City
Africa News - South African insurers to acquire 30% stake in Morocco-based Saham
Africa News - South Africa approves national health insurance white paper
Africa News - Tunisia: Calls made for a national disaster risk centre
Takaful News - Middle East: New firms drive growth in takaful - Swiss Re
Takaful News - Malaysian Takaful Association signs MoU with finance institute to promote skills training
Takaful News - Malaysia: Islamic finance institute seeks to fill gap in expertise
Takaful News - Malaysia: AmGeneral Insurance eyes takaful business
Takaful News - Egypt: SALAMA gets approval for family takaful unit
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Health insurance council prepares strategy for 2020
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Health insurance now compulsory for visitors
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Bupa Arabia gets green light to double share capital
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Tawuniya inks risk management MoU
Takaful News - UAE: Takaful Emarat's rights issue raises AED50 mln
Global Takaful News - IFSB draws up performance plan for 2016-18
AII holds reinsurance course in Cairo
Diary of Events
People on the move
COVER STORY
Over the past decade, the MENA insurance industry has witnessed some of its biggest achievements as well as its toughest challenges. With Middle East Insurance Review turning 10 this year, we recap the highlights faced in the region.
COUNTRY PROFILE
With tropical cyclones becoming more common and destructive, industry stakeholders in Oman need to be more prepared to deal with severe weather events.
CORPORATE RISK MANAGEMENT
The gap in cyber risk models is just starting to be filled, but developers need to confront a unique set of challenges before such tools can become commonplace.
Since taking over as CEO of Oman Insurance in mid-2015, Mr Christos Adamantiadis has led the Dubai-headquartered insurer through a strategy aimed at retaining its leading position in the UAE market. He shares the company's plans with Middle East...
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Société Tunisienne de Réassurance (Tunis Re) has realised the goals of its strategic plan despite the unstable socio-political environment in the MENA region, says Mrs Lamia Ben Mahmoud, Chairperson and CEO. By Osama Noor
The best of the industry were feted at the 2nd Middle East Insurance Industry Awards (MIIA), which drew many entries across the region eager to demonstrate what they are doing to stay at the top of the game.
Mr Marcus Gent of Friends Provident International examines the performance and potential of the Middle East life insurance sector, focusing on the UAE.
Oman's insurance market is expanding, aided by increased risk awareness and a strong regulatory environment, says Mr Mohammed Ali Londe of Moody's.
Al Madina Takaful has been directing its efforts towards the SME and personal lines segments as well as developing the necessary distribution channels, says CEO Gautam Datta.
Dr Sneh Khemka of Aetna International examines the value of the Population Health Management model.
With financial institutions being particularly vulnerable to cyber risks, we take a look at the concerns for this sector.
Proactive prevention is essential for companies who want to increase their resiliency against cyber attacks, says AIG.
Ms Susan Dingwall and Mr Rahul Mansigani of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP examine the main points of IAIS' and IFSB's recent paper on the subject.
Getting rated is becoming a necessity to improve industry standards and overcome many of the market's challenges, said speakers at the Credit Rating & ERM Seminar in Jordan.
A combination of an astounding adoption of technology and an IT-savvy young generation has given rise to more potential for new business models in the region's health insurance space, argues Dr Kai-Uwe Schanz of Dr. Schanz, Alms & Company.