All Middle East articles
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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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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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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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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.
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NewsSaudi Vision 2030 & GHE 2024: where the tech revolution and health re/insurance meet
Editor of GR, David Benyon, reflects on health technology trends for re/insuring the sector, from a recent trip to Saudi Arabia, attending GHE 2024.
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NewsSaudi Re appoints Ahmed Al-Jabr as new CEO
The reinsurer’s new CEO was previously leading Saudi Re in an acting capacity; in the first half of 2024 Saudi Re grew its book by 19% to SAR 1.4bn gross premium.
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NewsPositive pricing dynamics benefit MENA and SSA reinsurers – AM Best
Two reports from rating agency AM Best give an upbeat summary of the market environment for reinsurers in the regions of Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
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NewsChedid Capital appoints ex Sompo Canopius CEO Davies as non-exec to Milestone board
The Middle Eastern re/insurance broker said it was ramping up its global governance efforts with the appointment of Stuart Davies, who previously served as group CEO of Sompo Canopius.
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NewsGIG appoints new board led by Fairfax’s Khosrowshahi as chairman
Fairfax Financial is majority shareholder of Kuwait-based Middle East insurer Gulf Insurance Group.
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NewsChedid Re adds Vandendael as non-exec to board
The Middle Eastern reinsurance broker has appointed the former chief commercial officer of Lloyd’s as an independent non-executive director of Chedid Re Global Operations’ board.
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NewsDWIC 2024 post event report: From Uncertainty to Opportunity
An event report on this year’s record-breaking Dubai World Insurance Congress, in association with the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority.
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News‘Lessons to be learned’ from Dubai April rainfall – IGI’s Labat
The heavy rain that hit Dubai in April 2024 were a major talking point in one-to-one meetings at this year’s DWIC.
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NewsFidelis Partnership to open Abu Dhabi office
Matthew Warren joins from broker Oneglobal to lead the office as executive chairman of Fidelis MEASA.
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NewsAM Best keeps ‘stable’ outlook on Gulf insurance markets
The insurance markets of the Gulf countries are broadly stable, the rating agency said in a segment report, but reinsurance was flagged as a vulnerability for local carriers.
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NewsHannover ReTakaful: ‘We are fully committed to the MENA region’
Olaf Brock, managing director and CEO of Hannover Re’s Bahrain branch and Hannover ReTakaful, provided GR with a pre-DWIC Q&A.
