From Editor-in-Chief
Middle East Insurance Industry Awards salutes the stars
Concerted efforts to expand: Al Hilal Takaful
Oman: Consolidation ahead?
Positives push market forward
Interview with regulator - Restructuring the insurance market
Dhofar so good
Creating value from takaful
Falcon's flight to profitability
Born takaful
Healthcare: Finding remedies for health
Healthcare: Underwriting shisha
Healthcare: Going social in health insurance
Personal lines: Personal lines for the high net worth
Distribution: A market ripe for new distribution approaches
Distribution: A bankable future for bancassurance in the GCC
Regulation: Regulatory prudence: How much is too much?
Regulation: Future of industry hinges on regulatory will
Microtakaful: Financial inclusion and microtakaful
Takaful rendezvous: Takaful aspires towards greater goals
MENA & GCC: MENA Insurance CEO Club has key role to play - DFSA
MENA & GCC: ERM catching on in MENA
MENA: Diabetes growing rapidly in region
GCC: Local presence vital for investment and insurance companies
GCC: Wealth growth rises by 4.75%, outpacing world trend
Algeria: Maritime and air transport lines see declining premiums
Algeria: AXA eyes the SME market
Egypt: New reinsurance rules to take effect from 1 January
Egypt: New reinsurer to be launched in Feb
Jordan: Govt opens up domestic helper market
Jordan: Jan-Aug premiums rise 7% to US$348.6 mln
Lebanon: Insurance sector anticipates 20% fall in profit this year
Mauritius: New JV eyes East African broking market
UAE: Insurers to get enough time to comply with new rules - Authority
UAE: DIFC to launch reinsurance group in early 2015
UAE: Trans Re opens in the DIFC
UAE: More than a third of employees distracted by financial worries
UAE: New price regulation model for private-sector health services
UAE: Independent financial advisers to form association
UAE: ADNIC goes mobile for consumers
Consumers across the world trust insurers less than banks - EY survey
Bangladesh: Prime Islami Life sees 21% jump in 9M profits
Malaysia: Contributions to hit US$3 bln in 2014
Pakistan: Conventional life players line up to enter takaful space
Palestine: Takaful Insurance expands, opens new HQ
Saudi Arabia: Passenger insurance to be a must for taxis
Saudi Arabia: Construction and manufacturing account for most workplace injuries
UAE: Abu Dhabi National Takaful sees 20% profit decline
UAE: Watania goes into the black
UAE: Noor Takaful partners with Dubai Islamic Bank
AIG partners with Cobalt Underwriting
AAOIFI issues new standards
IFSB issues paper on core principles relevant to Islamic finance regulation
JOIF dinner raises profile of marine conference
RGA hosts CEO dinner in Dubai
Diary of events
People on the move
As the insurance market across the Middle East continues to grow, sustainable and product-differentiated partnership and distribution strategies that offer the ability to effectively balance price and profit will become more important, says Mr Mike Wilkinson of Towers Watson.
Buy Now
Mr Amol Shah of First Gulf Bank discusses the forces shaping the distribution landscape in the GCC and the strategies needed to succeed in bancassurance.
Regulators and insurance experts were cautiously optimistic about the industry's outlook as they gathered at this year's International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Annual Conference in Amsterdam to discuss enhancing policyholder protection and financial stability through governance and risk management. Throughout the event, the dialogue centred on regulatory prudence, and how much was too much.
Strict regulatory control is achievable in MENA and necessary for its insurance industry to be sustainable, said speakers at the 3rd MENA Rendezvous in Dubai, which discussed a diverse range of topics relevant to players, from underwriting profitability to the impact of technological changes.