Takaful tribulations
General
Urban air mobility: Are we there yet?
Aviation's year of recovery?
The rise of MGAs in the region
MGAs must add local value
Life & health
Delivering the benefits of life insurance across the GCC
Telehealth proves its merits during pandemic
Bahrain
Regulatory changes across multiple sectors
A silver lining amidst the pandemic cloud
Pursuing inorganic growth to stay afloat
InsurTech supernova
Listed insurers stand firm against COVID-19
Emergence of an insurance marketplace in Bahrain
The future of insurance and training
Exporting Middle Eastern expertise
Lifting the takaful veil
View from India
Surety insurance: A boost for infrastructure projects
Breaking boundaries with CX innovation
MENA
GCC: Insurance distribution landscape to continue to change at pace
Middle East: The Geneva Association research reports in Arabic
Algeria: Insurance market sees growth of over 4% in 2021
Bahrain: Insurers and regulators offer incentives to promote domestic-worker insurance policies
Egypt: Misr Life to increase paid-up capital by 20% this year
Jordan: Cabinet approves an amended version of the health insurance bylaw
Kuwait: Competition Protection Agency's study looks into excessively low motor premiums
Morocco: Population to be covered by basic health insurance by end-2022
Tunisia: IFRS standards to apply from 1 January 2023
UAE: Motor premium rates fall by up to 30% in 2021
UAE: Cigna Insurance Middle East receives participating insurer licence
UAE: Daman to merge into Pure Health
Global
Global: Weather disasters in the US dominate Nat CAT losses in 2021
Global: January renewals reflect a healthy but bifurcated market
Takaful
Algeria: Two insurers receive takaful window licences
Oman: CMA establishes Supreme Sharia Supervisory Board
Saudi Arabia: Alahli-Arabian Shield merger takes effect
Saudi Arabia: Shareholders object to merger between Amana and Saudi Enaya
UAE: Aman awarded participating insurer status
Year 2022 could see big rise in climate litigation against business and governments
Hurricanes will expand into more populated regions
The retreat of Antarctica's riskiest glacier
Pandemic is here to stay, so learn to live with it
To prepare better for flooding
Economic cost of critical infrastructure disruptions
US: Secondary perils take an increasingly larger share of CAT losses
New sources of volatility in a world of interconnected risks
UK banks asked to quantify climate risks
People on the move
MARKET PROFILE - Bahrain
Bahrain may not be the biggest of the GCC states, but when it comes to InsurTech development and promotion, the kingdom punches above its weight. We spoke to TASWEYA’s Mr Mohamed Radhi to find out about recent developments in the market.
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Urban air mobility potentially represents the future of passenger and cargo transport in and around metropolitan hubs. HFW’s Messrs Charles Cockrell and Francesco Fiorilli talk about the legal issues that need to be addressed before the system...
Despite the aviation sector showing signs of recovery over the last year, the continued emergence of new COVID-19 variants means that its fate is very much up in the air. Independent insurance and reinsurance consultant Mr Amer Daya tells us what to...
DIFC Authority’s Mr Arif Amiri talks about the role MGAs play in reinsurance hubs and how their presence can benefit insurers.
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With limited growth opportunities and a challenging environment, the non-life market in Bahrain is exploring new product lines and services to stay afloat and competitive.
Optimists, pessimists and realists abound in the takaful sector. How big the sector is and how fast it is growing remain subjects of fierce debate.
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Regulatory harmonisation, scrutiny and a push forconsolidation are set to transform the market in the GCC in 2022, according to Clyde & Co partner Peter Hodgins, based in Dubai.
The Geneva Association has authorised and agreed to the translation to Arabic of its research reports that were issued in the past two years and new research to be issued in the future. The association has also agreed to publish these translated...
The Algerian market is estimated to have grown by 4% in 2021, the Algerian Union of Insurance andReinsurance Companies (UAR) president Youcef Benmicia has said, citing forecasts made by the National Insurance Council (CNA).
There could be a sharp increase in strategic climate change litigation against European businesses and governments in 2022 according to Clyde & Co.
Climate change will expand the range of tropical cyclones making millions more vulnerable to these devastating storms, according to a new study.
Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier is retreating rapidly as a warming ocean slowly erases its ice from below, leading to faster flow, more fracturing and a threat of collapse, according to an international team of scientists.