All Middle East & Africa articles
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Dubai insurer swoops to replace Qatar Re on Pen book
Pen dropped Qatar Re as capacity provider on its solicitors PI book
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Marsh combines Middle East and Africa operations
Former OIC boss, Christos Adamantiadis, appointed as chief executive
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BHSI to have core Middle East business lines serviced by June as part of ‘phase one’ - Breuil
BHSI is in the Middle East for the “very long term” relying on empowered local teams and unmatched capital strength to grow in the region
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Lloyd’s launches Casablanca office
Lloyd’s positions itself in North Africa to access “next frontier for insurance”
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CAT claims contribute to $5.5bn losses in downstream energy market – WTW
Premium income represents less than 50% of current 2017 loss total in downstream market
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News
XL Catlin appoints new EMEA head of energy
Energy remains a focal point for XL Catlin, says global head of energy Huw Jones
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News
DWIC18 - Aon Benfield’s Andersen predicts ‘hodgepodge’ future for value chain
Coverage from day one of this year’s Dubai World Insurance Congress
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DWIC18 ends on optimistic note
The two-day event, co-hosted by the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), saw a global delegate contingent of nearly 600 network and gain insight
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DWIC18 - Insurers must cut down AI strategies to less than 12-months to avoid implementation failure
Failures created by long-term strategies represent a point of no return, warns DataRobot’s Satadru Sengupta
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DWIC18 - Rise in UAE cybercrime and regulatory scrutiny will drive increase in insurance demand
But policyholders will need to watch out for wordings
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Analysis
FinTech Hive – the story so far
With the first panel of DWIC18 day two focussing on the DIFC’s Fintech Hive, we take a look at what has been achieved
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News
DWIC18 - New Innovation Lab will help Lloyd's deliver change', Cameron Murray
Speaking with Global Reinsurance group publisher, Lloyd’s head of Middle East & Africa outlines the launch of a new Lloyd’s innovation lab
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DWIC18 - Insurers must evolve or die, Vincent Vandendael
The Lloyd’s chief commercial officer told DWIC delegates that the ecosystem business model was the way forward
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Viewpoints
Q&A: Aon Benfield's Eric Andersen on a joined up approach
Ahead of his DWIC 2018 ‘Global View’ keynote, the Aon Benfield chief executive speaks to Global Reinsurance about seizing opportunities in the market
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XL Catlin appoints new director for emerging markets development
Claudia Thyme brings 20 years’ experience to the role
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Political risk lingers as key concern in 2018
Marsh reports on the political stability of nations around the world
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance opens office in Dubai
The latest in a line of strategic moves positioning the US insurance firm
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Viewpoints
Buzz round: Dubai World Insurance Congress 2018 speaker Arif Amiri
The DIFC Authority chief executive officer, speaker at this year’s Dubai World Insurance Congress (DWIC) 2018 event, talks innovation and insurtech in the MENA region
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News
IFRS 17 could prove as costly as S2 for global insurers
The new global accounting reporting standard for insurance contracts are set to have large-scale financial impact