What cycles up, must cycle down
Middle East: Reinsurance capacity strained
Capacity turns selective and rates harden as reinsurers grow cautious
Navigating geoeconomic fragmentation: Asia's reinsurance leaders address new world order challenges
Global reinsurance brokers stay ahead with digital tools but talent scarcity persists
Rising Nat CAT events in MENA keep reinsurers on their toes
FAIR 2025: Spotlight on resilient growth in emerging insurance markets
Kuwait
Technology for a better future
Kuwait's L&H growth drivers include population growth and digitalisation
Tunisia
Regulations on the right track
Takaful gains ground in Tunisia
General
Geopolitics reshape aviation underwriting landscape
View from India: Insurers can help control antimicrobial resistance
Navigating the nuances of measuring power generation BI losses across the Middle East
The future of insurance is being shaped in the Gulf
Sustainable growth a driver of an MGA's strategy
Intermediaries can bring back trust in livestock insurance
MENA
IMEA: Composite insurance rates decline by 5% in 2Q2025
Algeria: Insurance market premiums rose 13% year-on-year in 1Q2025
Egypt: Insurance federation urges industry to develop new products to cover AI risks
Jordan: Market premiums reach US$542m in Jan-May 2025
Kuwait: Kuwait Re's ratings upgraded on sustained improvement in operating results
Lebanon: Regulatory reforms introduced to stimulate the insurance sector
Morocco: Resilient insurance sector maintains positive momentum
Oman: Insurers count declines amid mergers and few new entrants
Qatar: QIC earns MSCI's highest ESG rating
Saudi Arabia: Advisory council raises proposals for improvements in insurance sector
Turkiye: Insurance association names 8 priorities for the next 5 years
UAE: Salama partners with Policybazaar to expand access to life takaful insurance solutions
UAE: ADNIC partners with Sheikh Zayed housing programme to provide life insurance for UAE nationals
Global
Global insurance capacity expands while systemic threats escalate
Insurance market for hydrogen could exceed US$3bn by 2030
Global Nat CAT losses of over US$100bn to continue for at least one more year
IAIS collaborates with the World Bank Group on Nat CAT protection gap paper
Takaful
ESG sukuk market to surpass US$60bn by end-2026
Global: IFSB adopts Shariah governance standard and issues guidance on crisis preparedness in takaful sector
Algeria: Takaful business surges from a modest base
Bangladesh: Regulator to introduce Shariah-compliant version of universal pension scheme
Indonesia: Regulator sets halal industry target for takaful sector
Somalia: Central Bank introduces licensing procedures for takaful operators
UAE: Sukoon Takaful revenue doubles in 1H
Products and alliances
People on the move
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As global insurers look for new ways to connect with customers and stay relevant in a changing world, the Gulf region is emerging as a proving ground for what’s next. MetLife Gulf’s Ms Marian Amezcua, explains why she sees the Gulf as...
In the Middle East, reinsurance capacity is under considerable strain, due to rising demand and complex risk factors.
Geopolitical instability, Nat CAT and continued high inflation are some drivers behind the hardening reinsurance rates in the Middle East, with prices expected to firm up.
As geopolitical tensions reshape the global economic landscape, Asia’s reinsurance industry finds itself at the epicentre of unprecedented change. The Singapore Reinsurers’ Association (SRA) is confronting these challenges head-on with a...
The pace of digital transformation and adoption of modern technology remains sluggish in the Kuwaiti insurance sector, despite its importance in addressing market problems and helping companies achieve higher efficiency.
The insurance regulatory environment in Tunisia is continuously evolving to keep pace with market developments and best practices.
Still in its nascent phase, Tunisia’s takaful market is showing signs of steady development as regulatory support strengthens and awareness of Shariah-compliant insurance grows.
The new reality of underwriting aviation insurance in the Middle East, brought about by geopolitics, has been further complicated by a June 2025 UK High Court ruling on aircraft seized by Russia, alongside regulatory and compliance pressures...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health problem, including the South Asian countries, especially in India. Healthcare professional Dr Sathish Babu discusses how the insurance industry can contribute to eradicating or at least...
Seasonality can have an impact on the measurement of power generation losses at independent power producers (IPPs) across the UAE and wider region, which are typically insured on a capacity loss basis (as opposed to generation / output basis).
Composite insurance rates in the second quarter of this year decreased by 5% in the India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA) region, where rates for large and complex organisations are often impacted by the reinsurance market.
The Algerian insurance market posted a total premium volume of DZD56.9bn ($439m) in 1Q2025, 13.3% higher than in the corresponding quarter in 2024, including international acceptances and retakaful, the National Insurance Council (CNA) indicated.
The Insurers Federation of Egypt (IFE) has recommended that insurance companies operating in the local market develop new insurance products specifically designed to cover AI risks.