Editorial
Country Profile - UAE Domestic Market: Primed for Reform and Growth
Country Profile - Interview with Regulator: UAE - Regulatory Changes in Pipeline for Domestic Sector
Country Profile - EIA: A Force for Change in UAE Insurance
Country Profile - Al Sagr National Insurance Company: Focus on Loss Prevention
Country Profile - 10-year-old Awnic Sees Annual Premiums Cross AED125m Mark
Country Profile - Daman: The National Health Insurance Company
Country Profile - Conventional Broking: Homegrown Broker Sets Sights Beyond the Emirates
Takaful Investment - Investment Avenues For Takaful
Mena News - Bahrain: Householder Insurance has Growth Potential
Mena News - Cyprus: 3D Global Secures Insurance Licence
Mena News - Cyprus: MFS Purchases Stake in Universal Life
Mena News - Dubai: 2015 Strategic Plan Unveiled
Mena News - Jordan: Insurance Commission Issues Corporate Governance Instructions
Mena News - Jordan: Insurance Sector Posted 18% Growth in 2006
Mena News - Jordan: MEIC Launches Bancassurance Product with CAB
Mena News - Qatar: QIC to Establish Presence in the QFC
Mena News - Qatar: Planning Council Seeks to Strengthen Ties with Insurance and Banking Sectors
Mena News - Qatar: Qatar to Start Insurance Joint Venture with Bahrain
Mena News - Qatar: Largest National Insurer Signs up Biggest Private Hospital as Service Provider
Mena News - Saudi Arabia: Insurance Cover for Domestic Helpers and their Employers
Mena News - Turkey: Canada's Pension Funds Launch Private Equity Investment in Turkey
Mena News - UAE: Daman To Cover 70,000 Adnoc Employees
Mena News - International: Insurance Federation to Chair IAIFA Annual Meeting
Mena News - UAE: Insurers' Profits Halved in 2006
Mena News - Dubai: Arab Orient Reports Glowing 2006 Results
Mena News - Dubai: Oman Insurance Co Chalks Up AED1 Bln Premiums
Mena News - Bahrain : Arig's 06 Profits Hit US$30 Million
Mena News - Qatar: QGRI Reports 42% Fall in 2006 Net Gain
Mena News - Qatar: QIIC Net Contributions Total QAR56 mln
Mena News - Qatar: Doha Insurance's Net Profits Stood at about QAR30 mln
Mena News - Oman: AM Best Affirms Ratings of NLIC
Mena News - Egypt: AM Best Affirms and Withdraws Ratings of Al Mohandes
People On The Move
Diary of Events
Political Risk - Investment in Emerging Markets Threatened by Lack of Ongoing Political Risk Assessment - ACE
Political Risk - Managing Political Risk In An Uncertain World
Achieving Alignment - Building Capability: Back To The Core
Global Takaful - Takaful Around the Globe
Takaful Market - UAE: Three's Company
Takaful Market - Salama: World Takaful Pioneer Eyes International Business
Takaful Market - Aman: Going Places
Takaful - Investment - Structured Products: Hitting the Right Formula
Takaful News - International: Global Takaful Union Holds Inaugural Meeting
Takaful News - Bahrain: IIRA Voted The World's Best Islamic Rating Agency 2006
Takaful News - Bahrain: Aman Secures Insurance Licence
Takaful News - Dubai: Aman Shares its Expertise Beyond the UAE
Takaful News - Indonesia: Jakarta to Sell First-ever Sukuk
Takaful News - Labuan: Scor To Enter Retakaful Sector
Takaful News - Malaysia: Takaful Company Switches Operating Model
Takaful News - Malaysia: BIMB to Balance Takaful and Other Operations
Takaful News - Pakistan: Takaful Products for Pilgrims
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Fire Insurance to be Compulsory
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Saudi Re Names SHB as IPO Adviser
Takaful News - Saudi Arabia: Malath Insurance's IPO Oversubscribed
Takaful News - UK: Treasury to Release Draft Law on Sukuk Taxes
Takaful News - Dubai: Salama's 06 Profits Up by Two-thirds to over AED180 million
Takaful News - Brunei: Takaful BIBD Records $1.4 Mln in Profit
Takaful News - Malaysia: Bancatakaful Leading to 50% Growth in Contributions for Takaful Ikhlas
Takaful News - Malaysia: HSBC to Tap Customer Base to Boost Bancassurance
Workmen's Compensation - Economic Incentives: Impact on Workers' Compensation Systems
Claims Management - How Do Your Clients Determine Their Insurance Values?
This article spotlights the domestic insurance market of the Emirates, which has the largest number of insurance companies in the GCC and is seeing powerful growth with premiums increasing at a robust rate of 20% a year. Forecasts are that by 2010, total premiums will have more than doubled their current level of US$2 billion.
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In an exclusive interview with Mr Osama Noor, MiddleEast Insurance Review Journalist, Ms Fatima Mohammed Ishaq, Head of Insurance Companies Section, Ministry of Economy, talks about the impending changes on the domestic insurance horizon.
The Emirates Insurance Association (EIA) is responsive to the needs of the domestic insurance sector in the UAE, as evidenced by the seminars, training courses and input provided to the government on insurance regulations and issues. Mr Fareed Lutfi, EIA Secretary General, tells MiddleEast Insurance Review's journalist, Mr Osama Noor, about the...
Dubai-based Al Sagr National Insurance Company (Al Sagr) believes that loss prevention is of paramount importance in the insurance business, rather than loss settlement.
It was a Thursday - the day of the week employees leave their neckties at home and don casual wear to the office - when Mr Osama Noor, MiddleEast Insurance Review's Mena journalist, paid a call at Al Wathba National Insurance Company (Awnic). The staff, including the company's general manager, Mr Bassam Adib Chilmeran, were in informal attire - an...
Abu Dhabi-based Daman was established in September 2005 as the first specialised health insurance company in the UAE. It was formed in response to a government decree in Abu Dhabi to make health insurance compulsory in the emirate for expatriate employees.
Mr Hassan Mujtaba, the self-made CEO of Al Wasl Insurance Broker Company, propels the Dubai-bred brokerage onto the international arena in a short space of four years. He tells MiddleEast Insurance Review journalist, Mr Osama Noor, what drives the company and the goals he envisions for it.
In this article, Syarikat Takaful Malaysia outlines investment routes for Islamic insurance companies.
Global businesses need to adopt formal structures to assess the ongoing risks posed by political instability and unrest in emerging markets if they are to protect their growing investment in these areas, according to leading international and speciality insurer ACE Global Markets.
Ms Ann Russell-Cook, Regional Underwriter - Political Risks, Australasia, Chubb Insurance Company of Australia, Sydney and Tokyo, outlines some of the political risks a company might confront, and provides a brief overview of some of the main areas of coverage available under common-form political risk policies.
Mr Gordon Perchthold discusses the highly neglected and underdeveloped area of insurance operations - the core of the business.
In conjunction with the 2nd Asian Conference on Takaful set for this month, MiddleEast Insurance Review presents a map of takaful companies around the world. The chart shows that there are over 100 Islamic insurers and reinsurers in more than 20 countries. The list, however, is not exhaustive because in the current vibrant growth of the takaful...
The UAE takaful market is the oldest in the GCC region, stretching back nearly 30 years. This article spotlights the takaful sector in the fast-booming country, in which three direct players serve the market.
Salama Islamic Arab Insurance Company - Salama means safety in Arabic - is regarded as a pioneer in Islamic insurance. Established in Dubai in 1979, it is one of the two earliest takaful companies to be established in the world.
Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Company is better known by its shorter name, Aman, which means peace or safety. The takaful company, though young, has much to be proud of.
Global Islamic financial assets have been increasing at around 15% annually in recent years and are estimated at between US$300 billion and US$500 billion. Yet, market comment is that there is a limited range of Islamic financial products for investors, including takaful operators, to park their money in. This article looks at structured products...
Governments of many countries are currently considering reforming methods of financing the risk of occupational accidents and diseases. They are seeking new solutions in which private insurers can play a part. In this regard, global reinsurer Munich Re views economic incentives as a vital success factor in managing workers' compensation systems....
Mr Graham Copland, a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Director of John Foord (Asia), discusses the importance of correctly valuing industrial assets for insurance. He also outlines the benefits of appointing valuation experts from outside the client's organisation in order to help understand the replacement scenarios that are often beyond a...