By Melissa Ford, senior vice president and head of Middle East and Africa treaty reinsurance, Everest
Zuhair Abulqasim, senior underwriter for political violence at IGI, based in the DIFC, will be joining the PV roundtable taking place during DWIC 2025.
Insurers in the UAE show signs of resilience following last year’s record rainfall, according to a new report from rating agency AM Best.
Joining from rival reinsurer Swiss Re, Philipp Rüede also becomes a member of SCOR’s executive committee.
Merger of equals will have a business volume of CHF 20bn and a market share of around 20% in Switzerland.
Ana Ortega Lamaignère was previously sales manager for Coface Global Solutions in Spain.
Wildfires in California alone contributed about $38bn of insured losses, or 71% of the total, according to the re/insurance broker.