DWIC | MENA – Page 5
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NewsDWIC 2025: Cyber insurance gains traction in the GCC
As cyber threats intensify across the Gulf, businesses face a growing protection gap—with few insured against the true scale of risk. At DWIC, Zurich’s Peter Englund and Clyde & Co’s Olivia Darlington explored how regulation, rising incident costs and evolving insurance products are reshaping the region’s cyber risk landscape.
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NewsDWIC 2025: Closing the catastrophe protection gap across MEASA
Panellists from Munich Re Underwriting Agents, Gallagher Re and AM Best discussed the catastrophe reinsurance market in the Middle East and beyond.
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NewsDWIC 2025: GCC re/insurance growth to accelerate in decade of change and opportunity
A panel discussion on “Turning Economic Visions into Reality”, heralded the huge opportunities, and challenges, too, for the re/insurance industry, as ambitious economic projects, such as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, continue to take shape.
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NewsDWIC 2025: DIFC's Al Zarouni showcases strong insurance growth
Chief operating officer of the DIFC Authority, Alya Al Zarouni, took to the stage at DWIC 2025 and shared impressive new figures demonstrating impressive performance for the Dubai-based re/insurance hub, and broader, regional MEASA market opportunities.
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NewsReinsurance and Resilience: Has the GCC insurance landscape truly changed after the Dubai floods?
By Melissa Ford, senior vice president and head of Middle East and Africa treaty reinsurance, Everest
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NewsMiddle East PV continues to soften amid new London market entrants – IGI’s Abulqasim
Zuhair Abulqasim, senior underwriter for political violence at IGI, based in the DIFC, will be joining the PV roundtable taking place during DWIC 2025.
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NewsRokstone appoints Hussey to lead DIFC office
Giles Hussey joins the international specialty re/insurance MGA in Dubai from his previous role at reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter.
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NewsDavies opens Qatar office to grow Middle East footprint
Ricky Maloney, who serves as Qatar country executive and head of the GCC region, will lead the office.
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NewsEl Bahtouri and Bouanani join Specialty MGA in Casablanca
Laila El Bahtouri and Mohamed Bader Bouanani join the Middle East and African focused MGA from Moroccan reinsurer SCR.
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NewsBouabane named Salama group CEO
Dubai insurer Salama’s new chief executive was previously CEO of AIG’s GCC and North Africa operations.
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NewsDWIC speaker preview: Crisis management lessons with WTW’s Thomson-Hall
At next month’s Dubai World Insurance Congress (DWIC) 2025 event in Dubai, speaker Pamela Thomson-Hall, CEO, international, WTW, will share insights on managing geopolitical risk crises.
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NewsMENA re/insurers’ ratings trending ‘positive’ despite regional challenges – AM Best
Despite country risk and the Middle East and North Africa region’s challenging regional geopolitical conditions, the rating agency says re/insurers’ creditworthiness is net positive.
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NewsDigital Transformation: A Middle Eastern Opportunity – Verisk
Verisk’s Tim Rayner spoke to GR on challenges of navigating technological changes in a complex marketplace, and opportunities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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NewsMunich Re appoints Hanh P&C treaty head for India & SE Asia
Hanh Nguyen will succeed Joachim Zagrosek from 1 March after serving as deputy.
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NewsHiscox, Howden, Swiss Re and Insurance Development Forum launch $9.25m Syrian drought partnership
Re/insurance firms working together on climate risk insurance project to protect vulnerable communities from the impacts of drought in Syria.
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NewsInsurance House Appoints Abu Quora as new CEO
Abu Dhabi-based subsidiary of Finance House Group has appointed of Mohammad Alamin Abu Quora as its new chief executive with the aim “to drive strategic growth”.
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NewsMS Amlin expands DIFC presence with MENA credit and political risk launch
Lloyd’s speciality insurer expands Dubai operations with hire of Osama Elshiekh from The Hartford.
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NewsASR launches first Africa focused Lloyd’s consortium
Baobab will work across political risk, trade credit, political violence & terrorism, property, energy, construction and liability lines.
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NewsASR Middle East starts operating via Lloyd’s Dubai
Africa Specialty Risks Syndicate 2454 is operating through its service company in the Dubai International Financial Centre.
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NewsSaudi Re highlights impact of local market reinsurance premium cession
The Saudi regulator’s regime for local market reinsurance premium cession takes effect from 1 January 2025, affecting at least 30% of all reinsurance treaties and facultative risks, Saudi Re noted in remarks published on the country’s stock exchange website.
