ME insurance industry reconnects and presses ahead amid underlying tension

Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Jun 2026

Last May, I visited Dubai after a break of more than three months. Visitors could sense the high spirits and people’s relief at the atmosphere of calm following months of tension. Spirits were high, and hopes even higher that peace would endure. One could feel the buzz at the DIFC, where people were actively reconnecting, making up for what had been missed over the previous three months – professionally or personally. Lively chatter and the hum of activity have begun to override sombre conversations about the war. Although warnings of attacks still flashed on mobile phones, the sense of panic was no longer the same.

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