The 21st Gulf Insurance Forum opened yesterday in Dubai, bringing together 200 chief executives and insurance and reinsurance experts from 25 Arab and foreign countries.
Senior technology executives will discuss the anticipated impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the insurance industry at the 21st Gulf Insurance Forum in Dubai next week.
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) private credit, while small at present, is entering a period of rapid expansion, says Moody's Ratings in a report on the growth of private credit in the region.
Regulatory frameworks, financial literacy and distribution infrastructure continue to evolve in Africa, creating significant opportunities for future growth of takaful, according to Moody's Ratings.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is projected to expand in 2026 and generate earnings that will exceed 2025 levels but remain volatile and below 2023-2024 levels, says S&P Global Ratings (S&P).
GCC insurers remain vulnerable to second-order effects from the Middle East conflict, according to AM Best in a new report.
The re-escalation of armed hostilities between Iran and the US since late June points to the likelihood of a slow and bumpy road toward a more durable settlement in the region, says Moody's Ratings (Moody's).
The total population of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries is estimated at 62.8m in 2025, with an average annual growth of 3.5%, according to the GCC Statistical Centre (GCC-Stat). GCC states accounted for around 0.8% of the world's population.
In this edition of the MEIR Dialogue, we speak to Norton Rose Fulbright's Partner and Head of Middle East Insurance Shabnam Karim on the far-reaching impact of the current conflict in the Middle East on the regional and global (re)insurance industry. The ongoing hostilities have created an extraordinarily complex risk environment, and insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and policyholders alike are grappling with a range of coverage, claims, and regulatory challenges that extend well beyond traditional war and terrorism exposures.
In this edition of the MEIR Dialogue, we speak to Moody's Vice President - Senior Analyst Mohammed Ali Londe and Vice President - Senior Credit Officer Brandan Holmes on how the (re)insurance industry will adapt to the ongoing conflict in the long run.