All DWIC articles
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NewsQIC Group net profit jumps 210% to QR205mn in Q1
Mena region’s leading insurer Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) reported robust results with a net profit of QR205mn for the first quarter of 2021 compared to a loss of QR186mn in Q1, 2020.
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Dubai’s DIFC records best performance in 2020, with fintech presence doubling
The Dubai International Financial Centre has just turned its best annual performance ever, with a 20 per cent increase in the number of licensed firms to total 2,919 companies.
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Special Report: Riding the Cycle
This special report, in partnership with the Dubai International Financial Centre, includes the highlights a roundtable debate hosted virtually by Global Reinsurance in October 2020 and the results of research conducted during September 2020.
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AM Best places credit ratings of GIG under review with developing implications
The under review with developing implications status reflects AM Best’s uncertainty over the group’s post-acquisition risk-adjusted capitalisation, leverage and liquidity.
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Latest Issue
Global Reinsurance Annual Edition 2020
The 2020 renewal season has been a sombre affair on many fronts, not least because it has involved virtual negotiations in this new normal
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QIC Group appoints new CEO for Oman Qatar Insurance Company to drive forward strategic developments
This step comes in line with QIC Group’s consistent strategic approach that aims to focus on identifying local talent and empowering them to spearhead key developments within the QIC Group
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CEO Q&A
Q&A: New Lloyd’s Middle East CEO Andrew Woodward
Global Reinsurance spoke to Andrew Woodward to find out his ambitions for Lloyd’s in the Middle East, and how it can help the region’s insurance market thrive
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DWIC 2020: How disruption is shaping the future of insurance innovation
The Dubai International Financial Centre is a hotbed for financial innovation, but what does the future hold for insurtech and the disruptors looking to shape the market?
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DWIC 2020: Using digital to engage with the customer of the future
Change is inevitable when it comes to the need for insurance to digitise, but how do you know where to start?
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DWIC 2020: Reinvigorating Takaful by getting back to its roots
The first panel session of Day Two of the Dubai World Insurance Congress 2020 tackled the question: why don’t more customers choose Takaful?
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DWIC 2020: Building a sustainable and affordable healthcare market for MENA
With increases in medical costs easily outstripping inflation, what can be done to manage costs, increase affordability for all and build sustainable profits?
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DWIC 2020: Is MENA in the midst of a climate emergency?
From water shortages to cyclones, climate change is having a big impact on the MENA region
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In Pictures: Dubai World Insurance Congress 2020
With close to 600 delegates coming from across the MENA region and beyond, networking has been high on the to-do list, supported by a varied agenda driving debate on some of the hottest topics facing the industry
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DWIC 2020: Is Africa the new frontier for insurance?
With a rapidly expanding population and some of the fastest growing economies in the world, Africa could be a rich seam for insurers who make the right move
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DWIC Honours: The CEO’s CEO Award
This award is voted for by CEOs. We ask them to choose their ‘first among equals’, to select the CEO whom they most admire in the region
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DWIC 2020: Cyber needs a fresh approach to open up new markets
The opening panel session of DWIC 2020 was asked to answer the question of when businesses in the MENA region will start buying cyber insurance, and the answer may surprise you
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DWIC 2020: Meeting the Needs of the Global Insurance Consumer in 2025
Consumer Intelligence chief executive Ian Hughes opens DWIC 2020 with a look at the consumer of the future, and what is driving change in the insurance industry over the next five years
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News Agenda
How Bahrain got overtaken in the Middle East reinsurance market
Increasingly antiquated rules and a lack of innovation have lost Bahrain its early mover advantage in Middle East re/insurance, according to a report published this week by ratings firm AM Best
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Publication
The InsureTech Revolution: a roundtable debate hosted by GR and Charles Taylor InsureTech
Insurance technology efforts should be about customer-driven outcomes, not just technology-driven solutions. GR and Charles Taylor InsureTech hosted a roundtable debate in Dubai to discuss how insurance firms can do better.
