From Editor-in-chief
Financial centres - "Agents of change" in the GCC region
The future of insurance in MENA
Event - From evolution to excellence
Aon Benfield boosts resources in MENA
In search of a better tomorrow
Maintaining market stability
JIC seeks brighter future
AOIC cements position despite difficulties
FIC climbs to top five
Al-Nisr benefits from bold step
Apex calls for improving brokerage standards in Jordan
Shisha and life insurance - Seeing through the smoke
Medical malpractice claims in Dubai
In a fix over health insurance
Towards a robust supervisory framework for the MENA insurance industry
Regulating insurance in Iraq
The Swiss model for insurance regulation
Taking positives from the Arab unrest
Takaful in Pakistan: Innovation needed
Pakistan: Are windows a win-win?
Getting Islamic finance accredited
Growing takaful pool needs hands-on asset management
Adapting to the risks of climate change
Mena & Gcc: MICC announces “Energise Insurance in MENA” Essay Contest winners
Mena & Gcc: Enhancing customer experience a priority for life insurers – ME Life Summit
Mena & Gcc: Strong outlook for GCC reinsurance markets
Mena & Gcc: Middle East CFOs among the most optimistic in 2Q12 – Deloitte
Mena & Gcc: Competitiveness of MENA countries affected by political turmoil
Bahrain: Engineering drove premium growth in 2011
Egypt: Premiums reached US$1.6 bln in FY2011
Jordan: Micro-credit provider offers free health insurance to clients
Jordan: Gulf Insurance Group to integrate brands
Lebanon: Life and fire boost premium growth
Qatar: Doha Bank Assurance opens first retail branch
Qatari court to develop insurance dispute resolution with law firm
UAE brokers to increase capital under draft laws
UAE: HAAD approves new price list for medical services
UAE: OIC buys 51% of Turkish non-life insurer
UAE: Daman starts trial to use national ID for health services
UAE: Majority of Dubai’s finance executives plan to hire staff in 2H12 – survey
August disasters add to economic losses – Aon Benfield
Bahrain: Takaful grows faster than conventional
Egypt: Tokio Marine buys up all of Nile Takaful
France: Swiss Life launches family takaful product
Malaysia: ING Public Takaful to extend branch network
Takaful Malaysia shows robust 1H earnings
Malaysia: Ikhlas to underwrite bereavement plan for non-Muslims
Malaysia: Mobile phone operator prices world’s largest yuan sukuk
Pakistan: Court order puts new takaful rules on hold
Pakistan: Pak-Qatar declares surplus
Sri Lanka: Amana Takaful records 32% growth, profit at group level in 1H
Turkey to issue local currency sukuk
UAE: AMAN, FWU Group and Emirates Money launch unit-savings plan
Global sukuk issuance maintains growth momentum – KFH Research
Strong demand to triple global sukuk by 2017 – Ernst & Young
Diary of Events
People on the move
Insurers, reinsurers and brokers operating in the GCC countries continue to be upbeat about the markets' future prospects. Mr Shashank Srivastava discusses the Qatar Financial Centre Authority's role in this promising environment.
Buy Now
Reinsurers have played a dominant role in shaping today's MENA insurance market, but regulators are the ones who hold the power to shape and lead the market's future, says Mr Mark Jeffrey of Kuwait Re.