Editorial
Getting tough on health fraud
Benefit designs for better health
Standing on firmer ground
Profits up while premiums slide
Economic growth to boost non-life potential
A market poised for growth
Compulsory motor: The road to sustainability
Life and pensions: Getting the right balance for success
Healthcare: A rosy outlook
Takaful in Turkey: A new area of development
Forging a vision of healthy growth
A wake-up call for agriculture insurance
The transforming power of pensions for the Gulf
Pandemic risks and the impact on insurance
The value of an opportunistic approach
Global takaful markets: In need of a rejig
Marine insurance - New challenges require fresh thinking
Middle East: Employers lack understanding of healthcare laws - Towers Watson
Middle East: Eleven insurance CEOs among region's top 100 leaders
Bahrain: Arig's net profits up 25% in 1Q
Qatar Re premiums grew by 60% in 2014
Qatar: QIC Group posts 28% GWP growth in 1Q
Qatar to make diabetes test mandatory
Turkey: Mine workers get mandatory US$56K accident cover each
UAE: Insurance executives meet to discuss ways to improve industry
UAE: Insurers need to start aligning with regulatory changes - Badri
UAE: Listed insurers record "worst-ever" underwriting earnings - S&P
UAE: Fenchurch Faris launches Dubai offices
UAE: IGIH reports 10% rise in 2014 net profits to US$34 mln
UAE: Orient Insurance to set up life operations
Better salvage capabilities needed for mega ships, say experts
RIMS to strengthen global networks
Algeria: Farm insurance mutual quadruples profits in 2014
Egypt: EFSA issues eight bancassurance licences
Egypt: Federation proposes consortium to cover mega projects
Barclays enters Kenya's life insurance market
Morocco: Farm insurance sees steady but slow progress
Morocco: Trust Re opens representative office
Zambia: Union to provide farmers with crop insurance
Egypt: SALAMA to open family takaful company by year-end
Kenya: Takaful windows get green light
Takaful Malaysia looking for acquisition
Malaysia: PruBSN's new business up 26%
Morocco: Government adopts draft takaful law
Oman plans first sukuk issue
Oman: Al Madina Takaful launches mobile app
Pakistan: EFU Life signs distribution agreements for family takaful
Saudi Arabia: Authorities to stamp out fake medical insurance
Sudan: Shiekan Insurance targets 50% growth by 2017
UAE: Takaful grouping in the pipeline
London launches Islamic Insurance Association
Sukuk off to strong start in 1Q - Fitch
Diary
People on the move
Pension fund assets in the Gulf are growing one-third faster than the global average and are projected to reach $5 trillion by 2020, yet the industry is still at a relatively embryonic stage. Mr Luc Métivier of Bahrain-based Takaud Savings & Pensions explains the potential for pension funds to be an engine for economic growth and stimulate the emergence of a global-scale financial services hub.
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Population growth, urban concentration and global interconnectedness are increasing the risk of pandemics in the MENA region. Ms Nita Madhav and Ms Kierste Miller of AIR Worldwide assess the risk and the tools available for insurers.
Pension funds and insurers can adopt an opportunistic approach in getting attractive risk-adjusted returns in today's fixed income market, says Mr Andrew A Johnson of Neuberger Berman.