Editorial
Orient Insurance: An appetite for regional growth
Emirates Insurance Company: Strengthening the core
Takaful Emarat: Expanding takaful in the UAE
Nexus debuts in Asia
News Special - MENA Insurance CEO Club: Public Forum reaffirms its thought leadership role
News Special - Finalists of 2nd Middle East Insurance Awards announced
Cover Story - DIFC: Reinsurance in the DIFC: A market coming into its own
UAE: One in four deaths attributed to heart attacks
Country Profile - UAE: Finding sustainable success
Country Profile - UAE: UAE insurance brokers' market: No longer a "Wild West"
Country Profile - UAE: Regulations leading the way
Country Profile - UAE: Supporting SME growth with credit insurance
Country Profile - UAE: Abu Dhabi Global Market: Emerging from the DIFC's shadow?
Takaful Country Profile: UAE - Takaful in the UAE: Time for a change?
Takaful Feature - Healthcare: Treating health takaful
Takaful Rendezvous: Takaful players seek progress
9th Middle East Healthcare Insurance Conference: Health insurers need to innovate to stay relevant
FAIR 50th Anniversary: Time is ripe for enhancing regional cooperation
World Risk 2015: Region advancing in risk management
Special Feature - VAT: VAT and the impact on financial services
Risk Management Feature - Embracing IoT, sector by sector
MENA & GCC - MENA: GAIF to discuss setting up Arab risk management council
MENA & GCC: MENA region remains attractive to reinsurers - A.M. Best
MENA & GCC: GCC insurance industry in transition to become internationally competitive
MENA & GCC: Fosun reportedly in talks to buy RSA's Middle East business
MENA & GCC: GCC - Regulators need to step up their game - S&P
MENA & GCC: GCC - Salaries forecast to rise 5% on average in 2016 - Aon Hewitt
Jordan: Top 5 profitable insurers make up half of industry's earnings
Kuwait: Warba makes US$964K gain on sale of Kuwait Re stake
Lebanon: Premiums flat in 1H
Lebanon: AROPE Insurance launches mobile micro life plan
Oman: Insurance market to see steady single-digit growth - BMI Research
Oman: Poor wiring is main cause of fire in Sultanate
Turkey: Annuity regulation comes into effect
Turkey: Treasury strengthens solvency of insurance and private pension companies
UAE: IA to launch new regulations
UAE: Bermuda-based investment firm opens in Dubai
UAE: Gap between educational aspirations and funding
Global: Risk managers' influence growing - ACE report
Global: Women's market represents trillion-dollar opportunity
Africa: Three nations to join African Trade Insurance
Egypt: Minimum capital to at least double to US$15-19 mln under draft law
Egypt: Central bank conducts financial inclusion survey
Gulf Insurance Group expands in Egypt
Morocco: Premiums grew by 6% to US$1.7 bln in 1H
South Africa: JLT acquires risk consulting firm
South Africa: Hollard Insurance to acquire Regent for US$171 mln
Tunisia: World Bank calls for auto database for insurers
Uganda: Niko rebrands as Sanlam General Insurance
Malaysia: Allianz Life still keen on takaful
Egypt: Wethaq Takaful aims to grow 13% next year
Saudi Arabia: Higher tariffs, new business to boost contributions by 25% this year - S&P
Saudi Arabia: Insurers raise third-party auto rates
Saudi Arabia: 10% annual growth expected till 2019 - BMI
UAE: Takaful Emarat to raise capital by US$14 mln
UAE: London and Dubai join hands to develop takaful
Global: World takaful market to expand 80% to US$52.5 bln over 5 years
Global: Islamic finance market set to almost double to US$3.25 tln by 2020 - Thomson Reuters
Swiss Re holds life & health conference in Dubai
Takaful seminar held in Istanbul
Diary
People on the move
COVER STORY
The roundtable hosted by Middle East Insurance Review captured the strong sense of camaraderie among the players in the market amid the difficult issues faced. The perennial challenges of overcapacity and a persistent soft market arose but this time, there seemed a determination to make a difference rather than to accept the status quo. We bring you highlights of the conversation.
COUNTRY PROFILE
There is growing consensus that the UAE insurance market is not at its best, and operators need to take the initiative to put the sector on the right track before seeking any regulatory intervention. Meanwhile, the larger players can help by leading...
CONFERENCE REPORTS
The Takaful Rendezvous in KL served as a self-check for the takaful industry both locally in Malaysia as well as around the world. While the industry is certainly now a mainstay in the insurance world, there is room for improvement as many takaful...
Besides actively exploring opportunities in its home market of UAE, Orient Insurance continues to keep an eye on overseas expansion, says President Omer Elamin. By Osama Noor
Buy Now
Emirates Insurance Company (EIC) is planning to broaden and refine its offering over the next year - including its core motor business - with a view to profitability, says CEO Jason Light. By Wong Mei-Hwen
The fastest-growing insurer in the UAE in the first half, Takaful Emarat is expanding with the aim of becoming the country's leading takaful provider and creating a regional footprint, says CEO Wael Al-Sharif. By Osama Noor
MENA Insurance CEO Club's (MICC's) first Public Forum to mark its fifth anniversary reaffirmed its role as a think-tank for the region, with the range and depth of topics touching on the threats buffeting the region, from geopolitical to cyber to...
The road is paved with stars and the 48 finalists for the 2nd Middle East Insurance Industry Awards (MIIA), held to recognise and salute excellence in the industry, have been announced.
The roundtable hosted by Middle East Insurance Review captured the strong sense of camaraderie among the players in the market amid the difficult issues faced. The perennial challenges of overcapacity and a persistent soft market arose but this...
Mr Barry Greenberg of BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP assesses the UAE Insurance Brokerage Regulations nearly two years after their enactment, and how they have reformed the market.
The UAE is one of the first insurance markets in the region to adopt standards based on Solvency II. Mr Fadi B Nader of Levant Law Practice examines the new rules.
Ms Farzana Ismail and Mr Zainal Abidin Mohd Kassim of Actuarial Partners discuss the challenges faced in the health takaful business in Asia and the Middle East, and ways of overcoming them.
Innovation and advanced technologies are bringing huge changes in the health industry in the Middle East, resulting in vast opportunities for insurers. They will need to align their business strategies with the changing market needs, said speakers...
With the region's influence on the rise, insurance markets in African and Asian nations were urged to cooperate more closely together at the 24th Conference of the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers (FAIR) in Cairo.
The possibility that a value-added tax (VAT) might be introduced in GCC states has been discussed for more than 10 years and is on the agenda again. Mr Finbarr Sexton of EY provides a brief introduction to VAT and addresses some common...
Last month, we looked at how the Internet of Things (IoT) is presenting new opportunities for businesses. The following extract of an AIG white paper looks at how IoT is impacting different industries.