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Jun 2025

June-Home

Editor's Letter

Making another run at the World Cup

Market Profile

Morocco

Rule-based and tech-minded approach

IGI capitalises on Morocco's reinsurance surge

Insurance needed as digital economy grows

The dichotomy of technology: Benefit and risk

Securing Morocco's digital sovereignty: A strategic roadmap for cyber resilience

Asset Management

Insurers show investment interest in renewables

Resilience through conservative yet adaptive investment strategies

GCC insurers step up as strategic investors

Market spotlight

Lebanon

Strong foundations critical for turbulent times

Lebanon's insurers hope new government updates regulations

Lessons from Lebanon on the value of volatility

Lebanon's medical insurance premiums climb amid inflation and dollarised healthcare costs

Reinsurance

Dealing with uncertainty

Transforming reinsurance risk management across the GCC and MENA

Serving the region's reinsurance needs in Nat CAT shadow

Sending SIRC to the next level

Insurance

General

The next chapter for Algerian insurance

From fragmented data to informed decisions: AI's potential in Middle Eastern life insurance markets

Jordan: Concerted effort by regulator and industry for change

View from India - GenAI shapes how India's insurance agents sell and serve

Notebook

AqabaConf 2025: Supporting growth with technology

DWIC 2025: Taking stock

News

MENA

MENA: Call made to expand coverage of successful Arab cross-border vehicle insurance scheme

Algeria: KYC becomes a central anti-fraud tool for insurers

Egypt: Insurance premiums climb by 40% in the first two months of 2025

Egypt: Microinsurance emerges as a powerful driver for economic and social empowerment

Jordan: Steep drop in premiums and claims in 1Q2025

Kuwait: GIG shareholders to receive cash dividends exceeding $21m for 2024

Morocco: Insurance sector develops cyber offering

Nigeria: Women seek more comprehensive health insurance

Oman: Regulator says EV coverage now mandatory

Qatar: Listed insurers profit rises by 11%

Saudi Arabia: Regulator foresees strong growth for insurance market in 2025

Saudi Arabia: Price pressures hit Saudi market

Türkiye: Government set to introduce subsidised long-term care insurance scheme

Türkiye: Traffic insurance losses keep rising

UAE: MENA InsureLab launches in Dubai

UAE: ADNIC delivers strong pre-tax net profit of $36m in 1Q2025

UAE: Insurance sector set for growth and consolidation

Global

Global: InsurTech funding surges 90% in 1Q2025

Global: Swiss Re's strong performance offsets large claims impact in 1Q 2025

Global: Deutsche Rück Group maintains profit-oriented growth course

US: Health insurance uptake faces uncertainty

Takaful

Bahrain: Takaful International net income increases by 17%

Qatar: Takaful contributions' share nearly doubled to 11% between 2020 and 2024

Türkiye: Neova maintains lead in participation insurance market

UAE: Salama reaffirms its growth strategy with encouraging results in 1Q2025

Product and Alliances

Products and alliances

Diary

People on the move

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News

Bahrain: Pension fund buys major stake in Bahrain Islamic Bank

Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Apr 2013

Bahrain's Social Insurance Organization (SIO) and the National Bank of Bahrain have purchased a combined 51.6% stake in Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), owned by Kuwait's The Investment Dar (TID).

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