From Editor-in-Chief
Building takaful through collaboration
Munich Re: Maintaining the momentum
Motor: Revving up usage-based motor insurance
Motor: Checking the blind spots in motor
Motor: Insurance pricing for small cars
Saudi market on the mend
Saudi Arabia: Fast growing with high untapped potential
Saudi political risks: The heat is on
Trade credit insurance for Saudi non-oil industries
Seamless end-to-end reinsurance administration with new technology
Bahrain: A story of resilience
Bahrain preserves its shine through testing times
Bancassurance: Optimising your digital strategy through bank partners
Bancassurance: Making bancassurance work
MIIA winner's profiles: AXA gaining traction in the Gulf
MIIA winner's profiles: BIBF: Nurturing regional talent
Fire risks: Sounding the alarm over fire risk
Fire risks: Lukewarm response to home insurance
Regulations: Upgrading the UAE's insurance market
Health: What employers really want from health insurers
Takaful in Malaysia: Where do we go from here?
London: An emerging takaful hub?
9th Multaqa Qatar: MENA business booming, but reality check needed
Takaful: Standing tall in takaful
MENA: CEO Club totals 20 with regional heads of AIG and Zurich as new members
MENA: Private health premiums to grow at CAGR of 9.7% till 2020 - Swiss Re
Medical to be fastest-growing business in MENA - Insurance Barometer
Middle East: Arab market premiums grow by 6% to US$30 bln in 2014
GCC: Reinsurance demand higher in commercial lines - Moody's
Bahrain: FAIR Oil & Energy Syndicate to cover nuclear energy risks
Bahrain: Arig reports net profits of US$15.6 mln for 2014
Egypt: Premiums grow 12%
Jordan: Police deter gang attacks on insurance firms
Jordan: Insurance sector sees 31% profit surge
Morocco: Government to revamp insurance law
Morocco: Three quarters of population lack health insurance
Morocco: Non-life business boosts Saham's 2014 profits
Tunisia: Compulsory motor premiums up by 10%
Turkey: Builders' bankruptcy risk now covered by compulsory insurance
UAE: Liberty opens branch at Lloyd's Dubai platform
UAE: Lloyd's opens with a blast
UAE: Sharjah Health Authority inks MoU with Korea
UAE: Residents find it easier to explain cricket rule than life insurance
UAE: Green Crescent back in the black
GCC: Falling oil prices won't propel sovereign sukuk issuance in 2015 - S&P
Egypt: Bank may contribute to Misr Insurance's family takaful arm
Indonesia's takaful growth attracts MNCs
Takaful Malaysia grows net profit by 8%
Nigeria: Government forms takaful board
Oman: Takaful bill approved, a step closer to becoming law
Saudi Arabia: Regulator issues surplus distribution policy
Sri Lanka: Amana Takaful transfers life business to new unit
Turkey: Doga plans to enter takaful market
UAE: Arabian Scandinavian Insurance converts to takaful
UAE: Takaful Emarat turns around with US$2 mln profit in 2014
UAE: Aman in the black in 2014
UAE: Abu Dhabi National Takaful grows net profit to US$10 mln
Gras Savoye Re International holds regional road show
Sudan: IFTI holds microtakaful workshop
Diary of events
People on the move
The market rebounded strongly last year after a tough 2013 which saw profitability dropping to unprecedented levels since liberalisation around a decade ago. The plunge, though harsh, was unavoidable and the market today looks vibrant and headed for a better tomorrow
Saudi Arabia has the second fastest-growing insurance market in the GCC after Qatar, but still has one of the lowest penetration rates in the region. Mr Mohammed Ali Riyazuddin Londe of Moody's analyses the market's key features.
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While Saudi Arabia's resilience to lower oil prices is relatively high in the near term, political, social and economic pressures will nevertheless intensify over the coming months. Mr Crispin Hodges and Ms Emma Whiteacre of Beazley assess the implications for the investment climate.
The development of non-oil sectors in Saudi Arabia has encouraged demand for trade credit insurance (TCI), but awareness remains rather low, says Mr Naser Abu Ghazaleh of the Lebanese Credit Insurer.
Messrs Paul Buckle of Eurobase Insurance Solutions and Isa Ali of Saudi Re review the implementation of Eurobase's synergy2 system and the operational benefits achieved.