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

Mar 2026

March-Home

Editor's Letter

Information never dies!

Market Profile

Kuwait

Market in corrective mode

Regulator drives stability and sustainability across Kuwait's insurance market

Kuwait Re builds on firm foundations

GIG leads insurance evolution in Kuwait and beyond

Demographics, diseases and digitalisation drive L&H market

Market spotlight

Algeria

Algeria's insurance market poised to unlock its full potential

Biggest insurer charts an ambitious path forward in Algeria's insurance market

Bahrain

Solidarity cements position as Bahrain's biggest insurance group post-merger

Insurance

General

Motor Insurance in Jordan: Can the new Insurance Contract Law fix a structurally loss-making market?

UAE motor loss ratios defy price corrections

Motor insurers in North Cyprus turn to credit card payments

Navigating legislative and economic shifts in Cypriot motor insurance

Broking

Aviation insurance redefines risk partnerships in the sky

Navigating the AI risk frontier: governance, liability, and the evolving broker's role

View from India

Galloping commission payments: A friction point for Indian insurance

20th Anniversary

Blockage of Suez Canal by Ever Given a wake-up call

News

MENA

Algeria: Insurance sector looks to proposed new insurance law for reform

Egypt: Insurance authority issues microinsurance licensing regulations regulatory

Egypt: Insurance industry grows by over 30% in 2025

Jordan: Fenchurch Faris hosts PV seminar

Lebanon: Insurers and hospitals agree on medical insurance price hike

Morocco: Regulator cautions motor insurers over rejecting claims

Oman: Insurance sector records profit surge in 2025 on Liva's turnaround

Qatar Insurance posts 9% profit growth in 2025, eyes more gains via Saudi branch

Saudi Arabia signs investment package with Syria and plans insurance coverage

Saudi Arabia: Bupa Arabia to hold EGM on 5 March for vote on demerger

Tunisia: Government positions Nat CAT risk management at the forefront

Turkiye: 20% of vehicle owners terminate traffic insurance coverage

Turkiye: Immediate liquidity is among top priorities following major disasters

UAE: Insurance Industry shows strong and broad-based performance in 2025

Orient Insurance receives regulatory approval for branch in Kuwait

UAE: Motor insurers fight for online market share

Global

Longevity 'revolution' opens innovation opportunities for insurers, says Geneva Association report

Mega merger in sight as Zurich reaches agreement in principle for Beazley acquisition

Downstream energy insurance rates to soften in 2026 despite 2025 loss events

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions to acquire QBE's Global Trade Credit and Surety business

Takaful

Algeria: GAM brands takaful window as Takafulia Li Taaminat

Ethiopia: Takaful legislative framework needed to realise market potential

Indonesia: Shariah suretyship and credit insurance seen as pillars of takaful growth

Pakistan: Pak-Qatar General Takaful makes stock market trading debut

Pakistan: First digital general takaful company approved

Qatar: Beema maintains profitable trajectory in 2025

Somalia: First Shariah insurance licences follow enactment of takaful law

Turkiye: Takaful contributions climb by 63% in 2025

UAE: Takaful Emarat forms strategic collaboration to develop roadmap

Product and Alliances

Products and alliances

Diary

People on the move

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

Orient Insurance receives regulatory approval for branch in Kuwait

Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Mar 2026

Orient Insurance has announced that it has been granted initial approval from the Insurance Regulatory Unit in Kuwait to open a branch.

The group is working to expand its footprint in the Gulf region and the Middle East. The company operates currently in eight countries including, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Sri Lanka, and Saudi Arabia. The company has also said that it is eyeing the Australian market. M

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