A refined strategy for success
UAE: Promising with more potential ahead
Awards Special
Winners shine at 5th Middle East Insurance Industry Awards
Kuwait
Kuwait: Reforms long overdue
Standing solid: Kuwait Re
Smart tech for better motor results
CRM
Connecting with tech-minded customers
Reinsurance
Getting ready for the 1/1 renewal season
Opportunities and optimism
Middle East is a growing market for reinsurance
Personal Lines
Personal health insurance at a digital crossroads
Strategic Global View
Harnessing technology for new healthcare propositions in emerging markets
Legal Page
New insurance law opens up opportunities
Applying IFRS 17 to takaful: An alternative approach
Sharm Rendezvous tackles contemporary
Enhancing the customer journey remains a priority for insurers
Medical insurance leads growth in the UAE
MENA
Middle East: Insurers wary of covering oil & gas decommissioning activity
MENA: Turkey and Qatar to overtake Lebanon in life expectancy by 2040
MENA: Some travel destinations in the region are safer than Europe
GCC: Demand for jobs for nationals will be highest in Saudi Arabia & Oman in next 20 years
Algeria: Finance minister urges insurers to diversify products
Egypt: Board of insurance association backs mandatory motor insurance pool
Egypt: IFE joins the Global Federation of Insurance Associations
Egypt: Moroccan reinsurer opens office in Cairo
Egypt: Insurers form IT committee as cyber issues grow in importance
Iran: Central Insurance backs InsurTech startups
Iran: AIG subsidiary makes exit in face of sanctions
Jordan: Insurance association issues motor guide
Lebanon: Study on influenza cases among beneficiaries of insurers & 3rd-party payers
Lebanon: Lloyd's to help boost insurance market
Morocco: Bancassurance netted 25% of total premiums in 2017
Oman: National reinsurer posted net profit growth of almost 400% for 9M18
Saudi Arabia: Combined 9-month profits of insurers decline by a third
Saudi Arabia: Almost half unhappy with motor insurance pricing
Tunisia: Insurance market grew by 8% to $429m in 1H18
Tunisia: Authorities to broaden insurance distribution channels
Turkey: Govt to make building completion insurance mandatory for urban renewal works
Turkey: Eight insurers among top 100 tax-paying businesses
Turkey: Insurance regulatory chief looks to technology to transform supervisory functions
UAE: More than half of insured population are overweight
UAE: Insurance regulator issues rules for marketers
UAE: Health Authority directs insurers to suspend Iranian Hospital from medical coverage
UAE: DIFCIA tackles 4IR topic at industry event
UAE: Listed insurers saw 30% rise in combined profits in first 9 months
UAE: ADNIC's net profit for 9M18 nears $60m
UAE: Singapore-based FinTech firm opens office in DIFC
Global
IASB postpones IFRS 17 implementation to Jan 2022
Greater collaboration between regulators and policymakers to develop FinTech ecosystem
Stronger push to advance IAIS initiatives following annual conference
Global insurance M&A hits highest level with $44.4bn in 1H18 since financial crisis
Willis Towers Watson targets market growth through new operation
Takaful
Algeria: Call for takaful certification committee to be set up
Egypt: New bancatakaful deal for life takaful operator
Malaysia: Etiqa has strong potential for overseas growth
Malaysia: Govt to pilot free health insurance plan for low-income group
Malaysia: BNM's shariah arm rejects financial retakaful proposal
Oman: Pioneer takaful operator launches sultanate's first telematics app
Saudi Arabia: Kingdom's sole reinsurer posts 16% jump in 9-month net profit before zakat
UAE: Abu Dhabi National Takaful to distribute $1.2m cash returns to policyholders
Global: IFSB publishes FAQs for several standards
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