March 14, 2024

Insurance industry must be proactive as GenAI reshapes cyber landscape: Lloyd’s

The impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technology on the cyber landscape is expected to increase the frequency, severity, and diversity of attacks, and as the threats evolve, it’s imperative that the insurance industry takes proactive steps, according to Lloyd’s. Source: Reinsurance News

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Ahmad Zein

March 12, 2024

Algeria Insurance:  Untapped potential in Algerian general insurance

Algeria’s insurance market has huge potential and offers players ample growth opportunities. However, the industry must do a lot more to increase insurance awareness and penetration. Source: Middle East Insurance Review

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Ahmad Zein

March 12, 2024

Challenges faced by regional brokers in the Middle East

Gaining a foothold in multiple markets in the Middle East can be tough for a reinsurance broker. Smaller players may also be impacted by significant M&A activity among brokers in the region Source: Middle East Insurance Review

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Ahmad Zein

March 12, 2024

Insurance is not ready for AI

The first main session of GAIF 34 addressed one of the big issues head on: How is the sector leveraging AI to disrupt and reshape the Arab insurance landscape? Source: Middle East Insurance Review

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Ahmad Zein

March 12, 2024

Egypt: Insurance companies pay claims exceeding 35 bn EGP within a year

In Egypt, the monthly report issued by the Financial Regulatory Authority reported an increase in claims paid by insurance companies during 2023 to 35.085 billion EGP, compared to 26.719 billion EGP during year 2022, being a growth of 31.3%. Source: أموال الغد 

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Ahmad Zein

March 11, 2024

Hatem Amira: Insurance companies apply the law

The Director General of the Tunisian Federation of Insurance Companies, Hatem Amira, confirmed that there is a great demand for non-compulsory motor insurance operations. Source: الإذاعة الوطنية

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Bilal Jarjour

March 11, 2024

Reinsurers Defend New Business Margins at January 2024 Renewals

Underwriting Margins to Peak in 2024 In contrast to 2023, in this year’s January renewals only loss affected lines of business and regions witnessed significant price increases. Source: Fitch Ratings

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Bilal Jarjour

March 11, 2024

Egypt: Egyptian Insurance Federation Participation in the First Edition of the Financial Supervisory Authority Conference

Insurance awareness is one of the most important axes adopted by the Egyptian Insurance Federation in its various strategies, because of its great return on the insurance industry as a whole and on insurance companies, and the Union is making various efforts in partnership with the Financial Supervisory Authority, in light of achieving insurance coverage…

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Bilal Jarjour

March 11, 2024

Egypt: Insurers expect benefits from liberalisation of the pound

The insurance industry is expecting gains from the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) move on 6 March to liberalize the Egyptian pound and raise major interest rates by 600 basis points. The goal is to combat high inflation and attract foreign investments. Source: Middle East Insurance review

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Bilal Jarjour

March 9, 2024

Property cat reinsurance pricing power to fall 5-10% at mid-year renewals

As per a report from analysts at BMO Capital Markets, a prominent reinsurance broking executive from Howden Tiger has suggested property-catastrophe reinsurance pricing power will fall 5-10% at mid-year contract renewals. The comments from the Howden Tiger executive were reportedly made at the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts (AIFA) conference Source:  Reinsurance news

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Bilal Jarjour