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Magazine

Read the latest edition of AIR and MEIR as an Interactive e-book

Dec 2025

December-Home

Editor's Letter

One more year gone by

MIIA Awards

19 winners take centre stage at the 12th Middle East Insurance Industry Awards

Outlook 2026

More capacity, sharper competition

Correction, compliance, and consolidation

Global capital, risks & tech reboot MENA reinsurance market

2026 reinsurance favours technical quality

Cybersecurity and AI will shape GCC insurance in 2026, but trust will hold it together

2026 insurance winners will be the agile, data driven and customer-centric

Geopolitical, cyber and climate risks set to converge

The Middle East insurance landscape in 2026 and beyond

Egypt's insurance sector faces multiple challenges in quest for growth

Middle East is an insurance market on the move

A diversification imperative for Middle East insurers

MENA reinsurance market faces 2026 renewals with caution and opportunity

Jordan insurers face profitability pressures amid rising claims costs

Saudi Arabia

Insurance Authority's vision: A robust, tech-enabled insurance sector ready for global competition

Saudi Arabia welcomes its new homegrown reinsurer

Ingate Global Insurance Conference & Exhibition heralds new era for KSA insurance industry

Insurance

General

How 2024 changed UAE motor insurance

Life & health

Life insurance market moves from transactional protection to strategic design

Notebook

Boubyan Takaful ERP by Acess Meditech

Gulf Insurance Forum 2025 charts path for (re)insurance amid rapid global shifts

Sharm Rendezvous: Weathering uncertainty

News

MENA

Algeria: Insurance market expands in 1H2025 but outstanding claims rise

Bahrain: Solidarity Bahrain acquires full ownership of Bahrain National Insurance Co

Egypt: Insurance federation sets out new 4-year strategy

Egypt: IFE urges collaboration to set up mechanisms to assess risks relating to cultural assets

Jordan: Insurance market sees double-digit growth in 9M2025

Kuwait: Kuwait Re reports 36% increase in net profit for Q32025 driven by strong revenue growth and investment gains

Morocco: Insurance market continues recovery trajectory

Qatar: QIC net profit rises 23% amid MENA portfolio rebalancing

Saudi Arabia: Profitability pressured by weak pricing and declining investment income

Turkiye: Amended Private Health Insurance Regulation to take effect on 1 Jan 2026

UAE: 2025 set to be record-breaking year for Sukoon

UAE: Insurance industry's momentum strengthens

Global

Record-breaking 21st SIRC displays Asia's growing reinsurance influence

Asia: MAS aims to unlock opportunities with the insurance industry in key areas

Climate: Finance will determine whether biodiversity recovery succeeds, and insurers are on the front line

Global: Insurers' decisions often made in silos, study finds

Takaful

Bahrain: Takaful International posts stable financial results for first 9 months of 2025

Indonesia: Shariah insurers face data and coordination hurdles in offering Umrah coverage

Malaysia: Central bank to issue policy document aimed at unlocking the full potential of takaful

Morocco: Takaful contributions climb by over 50% in 1H2025

Pakistan: Pak-Qatar Family Takaful plans IPO

Saudi Arabia: Al Rajhi Takaful set to sustain earnings momentum over next 2 years

MENA

UAE: Salama announces capital restructuring exercise

Takaful

Africa: ARC launches Shariah-compliant retakaful facility to expand climate protection

Product and Alliances

Products and alliances

Diary

People on the move

Read the latest edition of AIR and MEIR as an Interactive e-book

Life & savings offers strong upside for insurers despite 2025 challenges

By Osama Noor -

Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Jan 2026

Over the past two years, Saudi Arabia’s insurance sector recorded significant growth across all lines of business. However, intense competition has hit insurers’ profitability in 2025. Still, market opportunities abound, particularly in the underpenetrated protection and savings segment.

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