Saudi Arabia: Moody’s: expected M&A deals in the Saudi insurance sector
Moody’s expects solvency pressures in the Saudi insurance sector to increase as the sector changes, starting January 2027, to a risk-based capital and economic solvency framework. Source: Al Morakeb Group
MEA: Takaful industry sees limited geopolitical claims exposure
The ongoing Middle East conflict demonstrates the takaful sector’s limited direct underwriting exposure to geopolitical events, according to Moody’s Ratings. Source: Middle East Insurance Review
Egypt: Insurance Federation: achieving insurance inclusion for freelancers requires designing specialized products
The Egyptian Insurance Federation stated that achieving insurance inclusion for this category requires designing specialized products capable of covering professional and cyber risks, as well as risks related to loss of income and business interruption, while maximizing the use of digital technologies to simplify underwriting procedures, policy issuance, premium payments,
Egypt: The Egyptian insurance sector records 28.7% growth with total premiums of 34 billion EGP in Q2 2026
The total premiums collected in the insurance sector rose to 34.05 billion EGP during the second quarter of year 2026, compared to about 26.4 billion EGP during the same period in year 2025, achieving an annual growth rate of 28.7%. Source:المال
Egypt: FRA issues a decision to regulate the work of the Regional Center for Sustainable Finance and Carbon Markets
The Board of Directors of the Financial Services Institute, the training arm of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), headed by Dr Islam Azzam, Chairman of the FRA, has issued the decision no 6 of year 2026, regarding the regulation of the work of the Regional Center for Sustainable Finance and
Cyber reinsurance demand expected to be stable in 2027: Moody’s Ratings survey
Demand for cyber reinsurance in 2027 is projected to be stable, while almost half of respondents to Moody’s Ratings 2027 reinsurance buyers survey expect the business to experience low to mid-single-digit price declines. Source: Reinsurance news
Saudi Arabia: IA issues the insurance sector report
In Saudi Arabia, the Insurance Authority (IA) has issued the quarterly insurance sector report for 1st quarter 2026. Source: Insurance Authority
Egypt: Regulator forms panel to draw up unified model for bylaws of insurance pools
The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has formed a committee to develop a unified model for the bylaws of insurance pools, according to a statement posted by the regulator on the Facebook account of the Egyptian Cabinet Presidency. Source: Middle East Insurance Review
The total assets of reinsurance brokerage companies operating in Egypt doubled to 1.1199 billion pounds by the end of 2025, compared to 555.5 million pounds
The retrocession market is heading for more activity in the coming period, with large amounts of capital available in the global reinsurance market and declining
The motor insurance market in Saudi Arabia is heading into a new phase of pricing discipline, as the Insurance Authority tightens monitoring of the guidelines
The premiums issued by insurance and reinsurance companies in Morocco reached more than 17.6 billion dirhams during the second quarter of 2026, marking a 5.4%
The number of claims across all branches stood at 993,194 in the first half of this year, being 4.1% higher than the 954,299 in 1H2025,
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