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

Sep 2023

September-Home

Editor's Letter

Inflation and interest rates emerge as threats

Market Profile

Egypt

Greater push for livestock insurance in Egypt

Impact of emerging business models on financial inclusion and insurance penetration

Insurers struggle to achieve growth

Life and health in Egypt benefit from new legislation

Medical and credit losses impact Egyptian reinsurance

New requirements for credit insurers in Egypt

Reinsurance

How can the insurance industry contribute to Arab national security?

Adequate reinsurance capacity to support cedents

Discipline and rationality reign in mid-term reinsurance renewals

Small reinsurers find opportunities in MENA

Market spotlight

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Insurance Authority: A bright new future awaits

Energy transition projects are complex and require proper assessment

Insurance

General

Technology and crop insurance can mitigate climate-change impact

Life & health

Combating abuse in healthcare insurance

Takaful

Bank Negara's digital initiatives could be a gamechanger

More collaboration needed between takaful and InsurTech

South Asia is a hotbed for takaful

Pace of takaful consolidation picks up

Risk

MENA war and political violence

News

MENA

GCC: Bahrain National Holding's stake in Saudi insurer to be diluted again

GCC: UAE-based InsurTechs eye Saudi market

MENA: Scope of insurance technology in the region explains modest funding

Egypt: Insurance federation studies serious marine accidents globally

Egypt: Regulator ready to receive applications for registration as asset valuation experts

Egypt: Insurers join efforts to reduce plastic pollution

Morocco: Interest-rate hikes pose liquidity risk to insurers

Oman: Insurers' audited financials show aggregate direct premiums jump by 13% in 2022 to over $1.4bn

Qatar: Central bank introduces licence for digital insurance comparison services

Saudi Arabia: Health insurance covers 11.5m nationals

Saudi Arabia: SAMA approves InsurTech rules

Turkiye: Currency fluctuations pose additional complications in February quake claims

Turkiye: Health insurance leads industry growth in 1H2023

UAE: Central bank cancels 50% discount on motor insurance premiums

UAE: Dubai National Insurance continues to promote cycling safety

Global

Global insured losses from Nat CATs at $50bn in 1H

Global insurance M&A drops sharply in 1H

Global: Q2 sees investment of $917m into InsurTech

US: Maui wildfire insured losses could touch $4.5bn

Takaful

Africa: Takaful sector urges adoption of Islamic insurance

Indonesia: Takaful association upbeat about prospects for this year

Qatar: Takaful sector is GCC's most profitable market in 2022

Tanzania: Zanzibar introduces takaful

Global Risk Review

First cyber insurance law case in Germany

Intellectual property disputes are a major driver of digital health claims

Working with AI linked to risks of loneliness and insomnia

Climate litigation more than doubles in five years

Cheaper to mitigate deforestation risk, yet companies avoid action

US: Health insurer accused of rejecting claims using AI algorithm

A shake-up in asset and wealth management sector imminent by 2027

Risks to global food supplies rising

Global anxiety levels are declining

ESG credit indicators no longer part of reports

Climate risk to crops is underestimated

Product Bites

Howden launches blended insurance product

UAE: Union Insurance Company launches new individual health insurance plan

Turkiye: Fintech Papara launches insurance arm

Diary

People on the move

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

COVID-19 takes significant share of life claims

By Nadhir Mokhtar -

Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Jul 2022

Cancer, heart attack and stroke remain the usual culprits behind deaths in the Middle East. COVID-19 has now taken the second spot for the highest number of life claims for Zurich according to the company’s three-year report on benefits paid in the region.

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