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Challenging business environment for non-life
Oman
Challenges exist for takaful
Favourable outlook for reinsurance despite global challenges
Insurers see drop in profitability
Oman's regulator is a hive of activity
Online channels boost insurance sales
Prudent outlook for life and health sector
The rising insurance industry
Saudi Arabia
Hajj insurers prioritise effective underwriting and actuarial revisions
General
Can motor insurance be profitable?
Pet insurance gaining traction in the Middle East
UAE unemployment insurance scheme uncertainties
War products gain interest but underwriting challenges remain
Life & health
Health insurance in North Africa
Mandatory health insurance in the GCC
Technological advances in implementing mandatory health insurance
Healthcare expenditure in GCC predicted to see growth
Stark urban and rural divide
Malaysia: Motor takaful stands up to conventional motor insurance
Failure of risk management in Australia
MENA
Middle East: Accounting changes keep GCC insurers on their toes
Middle East: July reinsurance renewals shift to full quota share model
Algeria: Labour ministry considers broadening the membership base of mutual insurers
Egypt: FRA issues regulations on digital transformation of non-bank financial sector
Egypt: High inflation makes it difficult for insurers to sustain real growth
Jordan: Health insurers reject contract terms proposed by pharmacists
Lebanon: Life premiums plunge by 32% to $250m in 2022
Morocco: Insurance sector mulls solution to received premiums owed by intermediaries
Tunisia: Number of fatal road accidents up sharply
Turkiye: Insurers expected to increase coinsurance
UAE: DIFC Insurance Association joins international trade body
UAE: Insurance sector's solvency nearly twice the required minimum at end-2022
UAE: Price war in motor insurance market
Global
Global insurance premiums forecast to grow despite economic slowdown
Global Nat CAT insured losses reach estimated $52bn in 1H 2023
US: Reinsurance costs expected to increase
Takaful
Global sukuk shows pockets of opportunity
Nigeria: Brokers seek to expand retail business via takaful
Oman: Takaful controls 14% of overall insurance market in 2022
Tunisia: Al Baraka Bank makes mandatory offer for shares of El Amana Takaful
UAE: Methaq's general assembly refuses to release the BOD and the auditor from liability for 2021 and 2022
Mining needs to be stepped up to meet net-zero targets
Rush for nickel is ravaging the environment
Shrinking Arctic glaciers are unearthing a new source of methane
Financial institutions still underestimating climate risks
Risk of isolation increases with sea-level rise
Ecosystems are beyond 'tipping point' now
Conflict deaths at highest level this century
Minimising risk in AI-driven healthcare
Snow and ice disappearing in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
Transparency around cyberattacks is important
Middle East: Arma begins offering professional indemnity and D&O liability
Egypt: Contact Insurance Brokerage offers free insurance for 'phone customers
Saudi: Al Rajhi provides free coverage for flights under new partnership
UAE: Dubai Insurance Company launches employee protection insurance for Dubai South
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