All Global Reinsurance articles in Middle East supplement May 2007
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Roundtable Part II
Helen Yates: Is there an opportunity to introduce an electronic trading platform in the market? Would this be attractive to potential newcomers?Fetooh Al Zayani: We are only facilitators but I hope that companies, both local and international, will help us in creating demand and awareness of the use of the ...
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Liquid Goldmine
The insurance industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has made rapid strides in recent years. Salah El-Kadiri assesses whether the sector is experiencing a genuine boom.
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SupplementsThe Middle East - Introduction
The Middle East, and the states within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in particular, are attracting intense interest from the international insurance and reinsurance community. Put simply, the “carrot” is the incredible opportunities present in the region
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The Middle East: Mirage or oasis?
Is the Middle Eastreally a market of the future for the international insurance and reinsurance industry? Or has it been oversold? In an effort to glean some answers, Peter Joy presents some of the results of an extensive research project conducted by Global Reinsurance on behalf of the Qatar Financial ...
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Roundtable discussion: Middle Eastern opportunities
IntroductionOn 27 March, Global Reinsurance hosted a roundtable discussion on the opportunities in the Middle East. The discussion was held in the Sharq Village & Spa in Doha, Qatar, following the MultaQa Qatar conference, which the Qatar Financial Centre Authority hosted in association with Global Reinsurance. For this reason, there ...
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Takaful comes into its own
Although the concept is far from new, recent years have seen takaful insurance booming, says Shirish Nadkarni.
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Gathering pace: A changing regulatory landscape
The last three years has seen massive change for insurance regulation in the Gulf States. Wayne Jones reviews the developments.
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Forces for change
Financial services and insurance are replacing oil as main revenue earners in many Gulf states. Misbah Kamal explores the new landscape.
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Plenty to go around
International panellists at the MultaQa Qatar conference in March were adamant that in the Middle East, everyone would get a slice of the action. Helen Yates reports
