Middle East
RFIB appoints Anthony Harris to run Saudi Arabian office
Lloyd’s broker RFIB Group has announced that Anthony Harris will be heading up the firm’s newly opened office in Saudi Arabia.
Middle East insurance consolidation is inevitable, claims lawyer
It is not of matter of if there will be consolidation in the Middle East insurance market, but when, according to a local legal expert.
Insurance Insight Update - 11 November
Insurance Insight’s weekly update is live with an article the biggest man-made disaster in Cypriot history; and a blog on why more education is needed in the Middle East.
Guest blog: GCC markets and the 2012 Crystal Ball
While The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf markets, or GCC as they are known, return to a semblance of what was pre-financial crisis normality as they knew it, the race to write more for less will certainly continue.
BWise and LiBi to join forces in Israel
BWise, governance, risk and compliancemanagement software solutions specialist, has entered into a partnership agreement with business intelligence firm LiBi Software Technology in Israel.
Marsh promotes head of international from within
Marsh has recruited the new head of its international division from within its ranks.
AAIB recruits reinsurance manager
Anglo-Arab Insurance Brokers, the specialist insurer for emerging and high risk countries across the Middle East and Africa, has appointed Mekki Mustafa as its senior consultant in Iraq.
Market moves: All change at Zurich and Willis
Following a slow period, large insurers made a number of key appointments this week, including major moves at Zurich, Allianz and RSA.
Risk modelling - Riots: Out of control
The recent riots across England emphasised the destruction such uprisings can inflict. But why do riots start and can their triggers be predicted and planned for?
Axis International teams up with Middle East firm
Axis International Loss Adjusters and Surveyors has formed a partnership with Saudi Arabian-based Ahmed Omar Badhidouh & Partners Trading Co to provide loss adjusting and surveying services across the region.
Guest blog: Offer to sell?
I recently had an interesting debate with a seasoned insurance practitioner, the chief executive officer of an insurance company in the Middle East and Africa region.
Interview - Ann Haugh: Making the right decisions
UK CEO of Zurich Global Corporate Ann Haugh has never been averse to taking risks and reveals her determination to grow the business is as strong as it is strategic.
Interest from Middle East inevitable due to depressed share prices
The European insurance industry is likely to see an investor from the Middle East take a shareholding in an established brand within six to eight months, according to a regional expert.
In series - Lloyd's & London market: Please mind the gap
The skills shortage remains a major concern for the London market — but emerging evidence suggests the fight for talent has begun.
Arab Spring: A little bit of politics
The recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have underlined the narrowness of terrorism policies — but have insureds woken up to the more comprehensive benefits of political violence cover?
Ecclesiastical shakes up property owners market with Crown Estate win - Insurance News Now
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories including news that new entrant Ecclesiastical has shaken up the property owners market by winning a multi-billion pound portfolio belonging to The Crown Estate, as…
Arab Spring: A little bit of politics
The recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have underlined the narrowness of terrorism policies — but have insureds woken up to the more comprehensive benefits of political violence cover?
Law firm mergers: Transforming the legal landscape
Insurer demands for scale and scope plus the emergence of Alternative Business Structures are fuelling the fires of law firm consolidation.
Argo Group opens office in Dubai
Argo Group bosses have heralded the launch of a Dubai insurance operation as a ”key component” of the company’s global expansion strategy.
News review 14 - 20 September 2011
A review of news stories which broke between 14 and 20 September 2011.
Insurance Insight weekly update live
Insurance Insight’s weekly update is live with an article on the growing problem of travel clinic fraud: and a blog asking when the Middle East will stop being an emerging market?
Guest Blog: Middle East: Emerging or developed?
To understand where the Middle East insurance markets are heading you first have to look at where they are coming from.
Interview - Jon Hancock: Getting under the skin
As UK commercial managing director for RSA, Jon Hancock is on a mission to find out what brokers really think of the insurer
Monte Carlo Rendezvous: A year of catastrophes
2011 has seen a series of serious natural catastrophes follow fast on those of 2010. How will this shape debate next week at Monte Carlo?