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Feb 2017

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February-Home
Editor's Message
Guest Editorial
Magazine article aboutCan-technology-make-insurance-more-relevant-

Can technology make insurance more relevant?

Cover Story
Magazine article aboutTough-regulations-to-trigger-timely-consolidation

Regulations

Tough regulations to trigger timely consolidation

Country Profile
Magazine article aboutSemblance-of-the-right-track

Semblance of the right track

A new normal in sight

An industry ripe for consolidation

Feature
Magazine article aboutPressure-on-prices-and-terms-lingers

1/1 Renewals

Pressure on prices and terms lingers

Another challenging year for reinsurers

Insights
Magazine article aboutThe-transforming-role-of-insurance-CIOs

Technology

The transforming role of insurance CIOs

Insurance in the IoT era

Security

Blockchain: A new tool to cut costs

Life & Health
Magazine article aboutCashing-in-on-the-pensions-opportunity

Pensions

Cashing in on the pensions opportunity

Special Feature
Magazine article aboutIFRS-17-insurance-contracts-Manage-the-changes-early

Accounting standards

IFRS 17 insurance contracts - Manage the changes early

Takaful – Market Profile
Magazine article aboutChina-a-fertile-ground-for-takaful

China a fertile ground for takaful

News

MENA

MENA: Economic growth to pick up to 3.1% this year - World Bank

MENA sovereign ratings continue to deteriorate

Two insurers among GCC's 15 fastest growing listed companies

GCC: Passenger car sales forecast to pick up next year

GCC: Reinsurers require insurers to retain more high-rise risks

Algeria: Life insurance to have accelerated growth

Algeria: Insurers deem phased CTPL tariff rises as inadequate

Bahrain: Trust Re increases issued capital by 25% to $250 mln

Bahrain: MEIF 2017 to explore industry's current challenges and future directions

Egypt: Insurers and healthcare companies form medical working committees

Iran: Lawmakers give insurance regulator a "to do" list up to 2021

Iran: State-owned giant insurer to be split into four separate companies

Iran: Two thirds of insurers pass solvency margin requirement

Oman: Committee exploring agriculture insurance for local farmers

Qatar: Local consortium wins 80% of 2022 World Cup stadium construction insurance deal

Tunisia: Pharmacists resume 3rd-party payments from health fund

Tunisia: New insurance law to be implemented in 2018

Tunisia: AMI Insurance's hunt for strategic partner falls through

Turkey: Gulf Insurance Group acquires AIG Sigorta

Turkey: 73% of vehicles lack voluntary motor cover

UAE: DHA extends deadline for mandatory health insurance for second time

UAE: DIFC teams up with Accenture to unveil region's first FinTech accelerator

UAE: Smoke alarms a must in homes nationwide by 2018

UAE: 1 in 3 motorists to pay more auto premiums with new tariffs

UAE: Call for more insurers to join central database

UAE: OIC forms alliance with anti-fraud association

UAE: RSA launches insurance loyalty programme

Global

Sea kidnappings rise in 2016 despite plummeting global piracy: IMB

Nat CAT losses cost insurers $50 bln in 2016

IUA identifies London market priorities for 2017

Takaful

Africa: Takaful sees widening recognition in several countries

Bahrain: Solidarity buys majority stake in Al Ahlia for $28 mln

GlobeMed Egypt and Egyptian Life Takaful sign TPA deal

Malaysia: Consolidation expected in growing takaful sector

Malaysia: Takaful association issues flood advisory

Nigeria welcomes 2 new takaful operators

Pakistan: Jubilee Life Insurance's Window Family Takaful achieves PKR1 bln milestone

Pakistan: Takaful authorisation procedures drawn up

Takaful

Saudi Arabia: Almost 1 mln expats lack health insurance

Saudi Arabia: SAMA provides guidelines for no-claim discounts for motor insurance

Takaful

UAE: New takaful company's IPO oversubscribed

Global sukuk market to remain subdued in 2017

Global: IFSB admits 7 new members

Diary
People on the move

People on the move

Insights

Technology

The transforming role of insurance CIOs

The role of insurance CIOs is evolving rapidly as they seek to harness disruptive technologies with all possible measures to give their organisations an edge in this digital age.
 

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Insurance in the IoT era

In the second of this two-part essay, Mr Anthony Bachara of GapCorp Insurance Brokers Muscat – the 2016 winner of the 3rd Essay Contest organised by the MENA Insurance CEO Club (MICC) on disruptive innovation in insurance – urges insurers to prepare for change and re-imagine their processes as the risk landscape evolves in light of technological advances.
 

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Security

Blockchain: A new tool to cut costs

Blockchain is a unique opportunity for financial institutions, changing our lives in profound ways and unleashing a set of new capabilities to transform the way we interact and collaborate in our activities with better security and better authenticity of files, says Mr Max Di Gregorio of PwC Middle East.
 

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