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Read the latest edition of AIR and MEIR as an Interactive e-book

Nov 2025

November-Home

Editor's Letter

The insurance boom in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Market Profile

Dubai/Abu Dhabi

ISA Solutions expands global reach with strategic capacity agreements

From correction to confidence: How 2024 losses sparked a more disciplined market in UAE

UAE life and health insurance segments see double-digit growth amid rising demand and costs

Political Violence

Political violence insurance sees growth and rising risks amid geopolitical tensions

The need for GCC businesses to rethink PV insurance strategy

Market spotlight

Egypt

Resilient and responsive, insurers in Egypt navigate inflation, awareness & other challenges

Challenges behind the non-life insurance growth story

Reinsurance

Saudi Re sees growth momentum in MENA amid rising risks

Tunis Re contributes to gradual emergence of ESG reporting in Tunisia

Reinsurers gear up for MENA's mega ambitions

Insurance

General

View from India: Insurers can help bridge the enormous home insurance coverage gap

Life & health

Wealth on the move: Middle East takes centre stage in global high net worth migration

As health insurance undergoes structural shift in KSA, insurers get into shape

Notebook

FAIR must rise above challenges and embrace resilience

Sleepless at the top: The pressures behind CEO leadership and business growth

Demand for actuarial training in MENA surges amid regulatory and tech shifts

News

MENA

Algeria: Insurance brokers set out key priorities: Innovation, inclusion and compliance

Bahrain: Bahrain Kuwait Insurance's profits driven by underwriting performance

Egypt: Financial regulator introduces new rules for digital insurance policies

Egypt: Insurance technical committees review proposed divorce insurance policy

Iraq: Insurance regulator drafts conduct code for insurers

Jordan: Insurance premiums register 9% increase in 1H2025

Kuwait: Government officially phases out Afia health insurance scheme

Morocco: Insurance intermediaries set sights on doubling market reach by 2030

Morocco: Regulator, industry join forces to improve compulsory insurance

Palestine: Cabinet approves insurance premium discounts for online payments

Saudi Arabia: Insurance market set for robust long-term growth

Tunisia: Insurance association aims to double sector's GDP share to 5%

Turkiye: Insurance industry's capital adequacy at all-time high

Turkiye: Digital transformation reshapes insurance operations

UAE: Insurance gross premiums rise nearly 15% in 1H2025

Global

Aon forecasts 9.8% average increase in global medical plan costs for 2026

The rising impact of ADHD on insurance

Insurance broking giant Marsh McLennan and its businesses will brand as Marsh

SCOR re-defines mobility and motor insurance

Takaful

GCC: More consolidation expected among Islamic insurers

Indonesia: Halal industry investments set to drive takaful growth

Jordan's first takaful company signs bancatakaful agreement with bank

Libya becomes member of Sudan-based international takaful federation

Takaful

Palestine: Takaful company launches agricultural insurance products

Saudi Arabia: ICIEC partners with Takaful Libya

Turkiye: New takaful framework to combine global standards with local principles

UAE: Listed takaful operators maintain stable market share in 1H2025

Product and Alliances

Products and alliances

Diary

People on the move

Read the latest edition of AIR and MEIR as an Interactive e-book

2014 report card on MENA

By Cynthia Ang -

Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Sep 2015

The MENA insurance industry delivered another solid performance in 2014 amid a difficult market environment, with the UAE and Saudi Arabia surpassing Iran to become the second and third-largest markets, respectively, in the region. Furthermore, life premiums in the UAE have exceeded the US$2-billion mark, a remarkable feat given the under-penetration of the life business in the region.

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