All GCC articles
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NewsLockton Re hires Khan in Dubai to lead global property innovation and solutions
Former Aon and AXA XL analytics leader to drive digital and data-driven initiatives from the reinsurance broker’s Dubai hub
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NewsRiyadh Re launches with $146m capital to build Saudi reinsurance hub
New reinsurer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia aims to strengthen domestic capacity and expand across MENA and global markets
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NewsSpecialty reinsurance growth opportunities despite market softening – IGI’s Jabsheh
IGI is targeting specialty reinsurance expansion , GR learned at RVS 2025, with CEO Waleed Jabsheh suggesting specialty could become 25% of the firm’s reinsurance book
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NewsLockton Re launches MENA platform with Dubai operation
Monayer appointed CEO as reinsurance broker seeks to scale its regional reinsurance presence into the GCC and MENA markets.
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NewsMomentum Risk Solutions UK launches in London with European growth plans
MGA backed by Chedid Capital to focus on specialist lines including financial institutions and political violence
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NewsHowden Re secures Dubai licence to expand MEA presence
New DFSA authorisation marks major step in the reinsurance broker’s regional growth strategy
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NewsTwo Saudi insurers MEDGULF and Buruj finalise merger deal
Buruj shareholders to receive 1.11 MEDGULF shares per share held in SAR 584m all-share agreement
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NewsACORD launches Dubai data hub with offer of one million free digital transactions
New ADEPT hub aims to accelerate digital transformation of UAE re/insurance market
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NewsDWIC 2025 Roundtable: Why talent threats must rise up the risk agenda
Talent is not a cost centre, it’s a multi-faceted risk that requires nuanced controls but offers huge opportunities. At a roundtable hosted at DWIC 2025 by Strategic Risk Editor Sara Benwell, experts discussed why businesses must make people risk their top priority.
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NewsDIFC roundtable at DWIC 2025: Charting the path for global strength and momentum
At a closed-door roundtable hosted by DIFC, our re/insurance experts tackled the shape of resilience across the sector – debating AI, cyber, MGAs, and Middle East growth – and why evolving risks continue to the industry’s biggest opportunities.
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NewsDWIC 2025 roundtable: Political violence market warns of rising exposures amid falling rates
Capacity is flowing into the political violence (PV) market in 2025, but practitioners speaking at a DWIC 2025 roundtable observed the influx is suppressing rates at odds with rising risk accumulations.
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NewsDWIC 2025: Industry leaders call for deeper investment in insurance talent
Dubai is becoming a magnet for international talent, but there is more to do, whether through professional development or the use of innovative technology, panellists emphasised at DWIC 2025.
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NewsDWIC 2025: Age of unpredictability – how political risk is reshaping global business strategy
As geopolitical risks have escalated, businesses face unprecedented volatility. WTW’s Pamela Thomson-Hall shared her insights with DWIC 2025 on the shifting landscape — and why insurance hubs like Dubai are playing a vital role in helping organisations manage an unstable world.
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NewsDWIC 2025: Russia–Ukraine conflict crisis response – WTW case study
Russia’s invasion of its neighbour in 2022 created a sudden crisis for many western firms, among them WTW. Pamela Thomson-Hall, CEO of international and head of risk and broking international at WTW, shared crisis response lessons from the conflict to the audience at DWIC 2025.
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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.
