Bahrain woos international players with new takaful model
Bahrain’s insurance regulator hopes new regulations will make Bahrain the jurisdiction of choice for takaful and retakaful globally.
Speaking to Insurance Insight last week, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Baker, pictured, executive director of financial institutions supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain, said the body was working
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