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

Oct 2026

Beyond underwriting: How Lloyd's responded to the Middle East conflict's first wave

Saudi Re leads Saudi Marine War Risk Insurance Pool

Egypt: Insurance federation issues 11 strategic recommendations amid regional geopolitical risks

ME conflict: Impact of the regional geopolitical tensions concentrated in QIC's overseas markets

Market Profile

Jordan

Market entering a new era

Insurance industry rides a new wave of transformation

Insurance industry shows positive growth and development

A market in progress

MTPL, regulatory reset and consolidation shape insurance industry development

The growth, regulation and the road ahead for medical and life insurance in Jordan

Reinsurance brokers evolve into strategic risk advisors to bridge capacity gap

Jordanian reinsurance brokers are moving beyond traditional services

GAIF

“Back to Principles”

5-point blueprint for sustainable growth in the Arab insurance market

Specialty insurance

PVT market adjusts terms and retentions as war redefines Middle East risk

Marine

Marine hull insurance market faces converging disruptions

Insurance market navigates Middle East marine exposure

Strait of Hormuz crisis tests Institute War Clauses

Geopolitical volatility drives agile marine underwriting in the Levant

Autonomous ships pose new risks in uncharted cyber waters for insurers

Reinsurance

MENA reinsurance sector steers path between geopolitical conflict and growth

Regulation

Libya's insurance market enters a new regulatory era

Health

Beyond the claim

General Insurance

Why trade credit deserves a seat at the boardroom table

Businesses urged to monitor operational shifts ahead of defaults

MENA aviation insurance recalibrates course in an increasingly complex risk landscape

Notebook

Turkiye: Insurance association releases COP31 Insurance Sector Manifesto

View from India

Floods, urbanisation and the new geography of risk

20th Anniversary

Central Bank of Bahrain: Focusing on building a robust regional insurance hub in MENA

News

MENA

Algeria: Insurance offers strategic leverage to agricultural sector

Egypt: Insurance industry fights fire losses

Iraq: Insurers create supplementary health insurance products

Jordan: Insurance premiums jump by 9.4% in 1H2026

Kuwait: ACE Gallagher acquires UPI Brokers

Morocco: Auto insurers raise premium rates in step with compensation reform

Oman: Regulator issues insurance loss assessment rules

Qatar: QIC holds earnings steady despite regional geopolitical headwinds

Saudi Arabia: Regulator urges insurers to offer out-patient health insurance plans which waive pre-approvals

Syria: Private insurers required to convert into public listed companies

Tunisia: Direct insurers show 13% rise in premiums in 1H2026, with robust life and health performance

Turkiye: Insurers see opportunities in new medium-term economic plan

UAE: Insurance industry's strong momentum continues in 1H2026

Global

Insurers using facultative reinsurance to fuel a drive for growth, according to Willis survey

Pets as family help boost Japan's pet insurance market growth

Envelop Risk to expand offerings beyond cyber treaty reinsurance via new Lloyd's syndicate wef 1 Jan

Takaful

Egypt: Takaful surges with 50% growth to propel insurance sector in 1H2026

Indonesia: Hajj and Umrah insurance pool can unlock long-term takaful growth

Malaysia: MNRB agrees to US$405.5m divestment of Takaful IKHLAS

Nigeria: Takaful is a distinct alternative insurance model, not a subset, says NAICOM Chief

Palestine: Holy Land Takaful's IPO oversubscribed

Qatar: Takaful sector records US$92m in shareholder profits for 2025

UAE: Sukoon Takaful and Ajman Bank forge strategic bancatakaful alliance

Products and Alliances

Diary

People on the move

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Geopolitical volatility drives agile marine underwriting in the Levant

By Jake Nathanoel Dellosa -

Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Oct 2026

Political and security risks continue to reshape marine insurance underwriting, with insurers adopting increasingly agile risk assessment practices as tensions in the Levant remain highly fluid, according to the International Union of Marine Insurance.

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