The management of Orient Insurance, the largest and most profitable listed insurer in the UAE, took strategic steps over the past 12 months to improve the average asset quality of its investment portfolio by shifting a significant amount of fixed deposits from lower-rated or unrated banks to higher-rated banks, S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has pointed out. As of first-quarter 2023, about 86% of investments were in investment-grade entities compared with only 19% at year-end 2021.