Editorial
Country Profile - UAE Domestic Market: Primed for Reform and Growth
Country Profile - Interview with Regulator: UAE - Regulatory Changes in Pipeline for Domestic Sector
Country Profile - EIA: A Force for Change in UAE Insurance
Country Profile - Al Sagr National Insurance Company: Focus on Loss Prevention
Country Profile - 10-year-old Awnic Sees Annual Premiums Cross AED125m Mark
Country Profile - Daman: The National Health Insurance Company
Country Profile - Conventional Broking: Homegrown Broker Sets Sights Beyond the Emirates
Takaful Investment - Investment Avenues For Takaful
Mena News - Bahrain: Householder Insurance has Growth Potential
Mena News - Cyprus: 3D Global Secures Insurance Licence
Mena News - Cyprus: MFS Purchases Stake in Universal Life
Mena News - Dubai: 2015 Strategic Plan Unveiled
Mena News - Jordan: Insurance Commission Issues Corporate Governance Instructions
Mena News - Jordan: Insurance Sector Posted 18% Growth in 2006
Mena News - Jordan: MEIC Launches Bancassurance Product with CAB
Mena News - Qatar: QIC to Establish Presence in the QFC
Mena News - Qatar: Planning Council Seeks to Strengthen Ties with Insurance and Banking Sectors
Mena News - Qatar: Qatar to Start Insurance Joint Venture with Bahrain
Mena News - Qatar: Largest National Insurer Signs up Biggest Private Hospital as Service Provider
Mena News - Saudi Arabia: Insurance Cover for Domestic Helpers and their Employers
Mena News - Turkey: Canada's Pension Funds Launch Private Equity Investment in Turkey
Mena News - UAE: Daman To Cover 70,000 Adnoc Employees
Mena News - International: Insurance Federation to Chair IAIFA Annual Meeting
Mena News - UAE: Insurers' Profits Halved in 2006
Mena News - Dubai: Arab Orient Reports Glowing 2006 Results
Mena News - Dubai: Oman Insurance Co Chalks Up AED1 Bln Premiums
Mena News - Bahrain : Arig's 06 Profits Hit US$30 Million
Mena News - Qatar: QGRI Reports 42% Fall in 2006 Net Gain
Mena News - Qatar: QIIC Net Contributions Total QAR56 mln
Mena News - Qatar: Doha Insurance's Net Profits Stood at about QAR30 mln
Mena News - Oman: AM Best Affirms Ratings of NLIC
Mena News - Egypt: AM Best Affirms and Withdraws Ratings of Al Mohandes
People On The Move
Diary of Events
Political Risk - Investment in Emerging Markets Threatened by Lack of Ongoing Political Risk Assessment - ACE
Political Risk - Managing Political Risk In An Uncertain World
Achieving Alignment - Building Capability: Back To The Core
Global Takaful - Takaful Around the Globe
Takaful Market - UAE: Three's Company
Takaful Market - Salama: World Takaful Pioneer Eyes International Business
Takaful Market - Aman: Going Places
Takaful - Investment - Structured Products: Hitting the Right Formula
Takaful News - International: Global Takaful Union Holds Inaugural Meeting
Takaful News - Bahrain: IIRA Voted The World's Best Islamic Rating Agency 2006
Takaful News - Bahrain: Aman Secures Insurance Licence
Takaful News - Dubai: Aman Shares its Expertise Beyond the UAE
Takaful News - Indonesia: Jakarta to Sell First-ever Sukuk
Takaful News - Labuan: Scor To Enter Retakaful Sector
Takaful News - Malaysia: Takaful Company Switches Operating Model
Takaful News - Malaysia: BIMB to Balance Takaful and Other Operations
Takaful News - Pakistan: Takaful Products for Pilgrims
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Fire Insurance to be Compulsory
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Saudi Re Names SHB as IPO Adviser
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Malath Insurance's IPO Oversubscribed
Takaful News - UK: Treasury to Release Draft Law on Sukuk Taxes
Takaful News - Dubai: Salama's 06 Profits Up by Two-thirds to over AED180 million
Takaful News - Brunei: Takaful BIBD Records $1.4 Mln in Profit
Takaful News - Malaysia: Bancatakaful Leading to 50% Growth in Contributions for Takaful Ikhlas
Takaful News - Malaysia: HSBC to Tap Customer Base to Boost Bancassurance
Workmen's Compensation - Economic Incentives: Impact on Workers' Compensation Systems
Claims Management - How Do Your Clients Determine Their Insurance Values?
Governments of many countries are currently considering reforming methods of financing the risk of occupational accidents and diseases. They are seeking new solutions in which private insurers can play a part. In this regard, global reinsurer Munich Re views economic incentives as a vital success factor in managing workers' compensation systems. This article is an extract of a paper by Munich Re's Centre of Competence for Workers' Compensation outlining some major characteristics affecting tariffs and economic incentives in workmen's compensation schemes.
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Mr Graham Copland, a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Director of John Foord (Asia), discusses the importance of correctly valuing industrial assets for insurance. He also outlines the benefits of appointing valuation experts from outside the client's organisation in order to help understand the replacement scenarios that are often beyond a company's day-to-day familiarity and to assist clients in determining the correct valuations.