Young people and insurance
General
The long-term effects of a single blocked canal
Where next for D&O in the Middle East?
The changing face of bancassurance
Bancassurance - A model untapped
A terrorism underwriter's perspective
Life & health
The way forward for life business
An enhanced model of care
Prioritising family protection in the UAE
Bringing broad reinsurance services to the market
A new regional reinsurer in the Seychelles
View from India
Reinsurers push up term insurance rates
Jordan
Jordan insurance regulation gets a makeover
Sector continues to make progress
Catalyst for healthy change
A show of strength
Reinsurance in Jordan holds firm interest
Upbeat on prospects in takaful
Lebanon
Market fighting for survival
ESG investment principles enriching stakeholder capitalism
The Islamic FinTech boom
A strong sense of confidence
Focused on long-term growth
Challenges ahead for reinsurers in the region
MENA
MENA: 8th Middle East Insurance Industry Awards - Open for nominations
MENA: Complete digital transformation of insurance sector seen as unlikely at present
MENA: Prevention and care management programmes drive better health outcomes - GlobeMed
GCC: Insurance outlook maintained at 'negative' - AM Best
Egypt: Parliamentary committees examine draft insurance law
Lebanon: At least 16,000 Beirut Port-related claims amounting to $1.1bn received
Morocco: National financial inclusion council promotes microinsurance
Oman: Financial regulator considers formulating new investment rules for insurers
Oman: Reinsurer conducts risk engineering workshops
Qatar: Shura Council approves draft law on healthcare and mandatory health insurance
Saudi Arabia: Insurance mergers are on the right track
UAE: Diabetes management programme enables over 60% of participants to manage risk of complications
Global
Reinsurers show signs of underlying combined ratio improvement - Willis Re
Pandemic fuels heightened political risk in 2021
IUMI renews focus on ESG issues
Reinsurers expected to post modest underwriting profits this year - Fitch
Takaful
Bahrain: Training institute releases book on technical aspects of takaful
Kuwait: First Takaful invests in Islamic insurer in Pakistan
Malaysia: Family takaful new business contributions rise by 7% in 2020
Morocco: Takaful to be launched soon
UAE: Watania declares third consecutive year of dividends
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