Market in corrective mode
The Kuwait insurance market has long been regarded as highly competitive and hampered by several structural issues. However, with active regulatory reforms underway, the market is gradually shifting toward a healthier and more sustainable trajectory.
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Regulator drives stability and sustainability across Kuwait's insurance market
Leading the charge for change in Kuwait’s insurance market is the Insurance Regulatory Unit. Through its current progressive mandate, the regulator is rapidly bridging the gap between local practices and global excellence.
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Kuwait Re builds on firm foundations
The hallmark of a resilient reinsurer is the ability to sustain technical margins across market cycles, prioritising bottom-line stability over reliance on topline expansion.
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Algeria's insurance market poised to unlock its full potential
Algeria’s insurance sector is entering a period of reform and digital transformation, with updated legislation, an expanded range of takaful offerings and technological innovations.
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Biggest insurer charts an ambitious path forward in Algeria's insurance market
Société Nationale d’Assurance has set out a bold transformation game plan focused on digital innovation, customer experience and human capital.
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Solidarity cements position as Bahrain's biggest insurance group post-merger
Solidarity Group’s acquisition of Bahrain National Insurance and Bahrain National Life marks its fourth M&A deal in Bahrain, strengthening its market leadership as the Group completes integration this year.

Motor Insurance in Jordan: Can the new Insurance Contract Law fix a structurally loss-making market?
As motor insurance remains a systemic loss leader, the industry faces the critical question whether the new Law can rescue a branch struggling with rigid tariffs and structural deficits.
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UAE motor loss ratios defy price corrections
Despite the sharp pricing corrections necessitated by the 2024 floods, rising repair costs, growing EV sales, intense competition and persistent fraud risks continue to test underwriting discipline and technical margins.
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Motor insurers in North Cyprus turn to credit card payments
A major development in motor insurance in North Cyprus is a regulation mandating the payment of premiums by credit card only.
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Aviation insurance redefines risk partnerships in the sky
Aviation insurance is evolving into a more dynamic risk partnership.
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Navigating the AI risk frontier: governance, liability, and the evolving broker's role
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming a staple of daily insurance operations in the Middle East, in areas ranging from quote generation and fraud detection to claims handling and customer support.
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Galloping commission payments: A friction point for Indian insurance
The Indian insurance landscape is currently gripped by a debate over runaway commission payouts.
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Blockage of Suez Canal by Ever Given a wake-up call
In conjunction with the 20th anniversary of Middle East Insurance Review, our third retrospective piece looks at the six-day blockage of the Suez Canal in March 2021 that disrupted global supply lines.

Algeria: Insurance sector looks to proposed new insurance law for reform
Insurance professionals are optimistic that proposed amendments to Algeria’s insurance law will promote the industry’s development as the legislation moves closer to enactment.
Egypt: Insurance authority issues microinsurance licensing regulations regulatory
The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has drawn up an integrated regulatory framework for licensing life and P&C microinsurance companies.
Egypt: Insurance industry grows by over 30% in 2025
The insurance sector reported total premiums of EGP110.1bn ($2.3bn) in 2025, growing by 30.6% over 2024, the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) revealed in its annual report for the year 2025.