Underpricing constitutes a dangerous threat to insurers despite it being treated as a short-term competitive tool, according to Mr Hassen Khelifati, CEO of Alliance Assurances and First Vice President of the Algerian Union of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has reviewed the key challenges related to insuring industrial facilities during a dialogue session with stakeholders, including insurance companies and owners of industrial companies.
S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has projected that GCC insurers will sustain underwriting profitability in 2026 at a similar level to that in 2025, despite the ongoing Middle East military confrontation.
Middle East Insurance Review (MEIR), in solidarity with the insurance market, has started a special series named "Middle East Conflict: The MEIR Dialogue" to discuss the insurance impact of the armed confrontation across MENA as well as globally. MEIR kicks off the series with a video interview with Mr Yassir Albaharna, Group CEO of Trust International Insurance & Reinsurance Co (Trust Re).
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has unveiled Rwanda's first National Insurance Strategy (NIS). This positions insurance as a critical pillar for economic resilience, aligning with Rwanda's ambitious vision to achieve upper-middle-income status by 2035 and high-income status by 2050, the ministry said in a statement.
The London market and global specialty insurers are considered to be the most directly exposed to the armd conflict in the Middle East through marine or aviation war, political violence, trade credit and energy lines, Fitch Ratings said.
Escalating hostilities in the Middle East have halted shipping transits, grounded flights across major regional hubs, and raised the risk of missile strikes on commercial infrastructure, increasing underwriting uncertainty across multiple insurance lines, said Mr Fareed Lutfi, Secretary-General of the Emirates Insurance Association.
PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organisation providing industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has released its fourth and final industry loss estimate for Cyclone Alfred that indicated that the event has cost the insurance industry a total of A$1,877m ($1,333m).
As extreme weather events intensify, insurers face interconnected pressures, including how to price physical risk more accurately, manage growing volatility and capture emerging demand for resilience-related services, says a report released by MSCI Institute, an organisation that promotes knowledge that tackles systemic challenges to create long-term value through global capital markets.
The global outlook is extremely worrying, with the bond and equity markets reacting to recent events, said Mr Paul Hanratty, the Group CEO & Executive Director of Africa's largest insurer, Sanlam, which is headquartered in Capetown.