The Central Bank of the UAE has revealed a strong increase in assets invested within the insurance sector, rising to AED 84.9bn ($23.1bn) at the end of 2024--equivalent to 59.2% of total sector assets and up from AED 77.2bn (54.6%) as of the end of 2023.
The Insurance & Pensions Commission of Zimbabwe has called for the intensification of ongoing efforts to coordinate and harmonise insurance supervision frameworks in the African continent. Commissioner Dr Grace Muradzikwa said this is all the more important as the continent moves toward deeper economic integration under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) saw its gross written premiums rise by 11.05% year on year to $?976.17m in the third quarter of 2025 (Q32025). Under IFRS 17, gross reinsurance revenue increased by 6.93% to $932.67m (Q32024: $872.20m).
The insurance industry in Tunisia reported gross direct premiums of TND3.1bn ($1.06bn) in the first nine months of this year (9M2025) against TND2.8bn in the corresponding period of 2024, a 11.5% increase, according to figures published by the regulatory authority, the General Insurance Committee (CGA).
Multinational Japan-based insurer Tokio Marine Holdings reported flat earnings in the first half of 2025, with net premiums written reaching JPY 2,685.8bn ($17.32bn), slightly lower than the JPY 2,697.9bn recorded a year earlier.
Marine insurance provider NorthStandard is raising P&I premiums by 5%, effective 20 February 2026, amid market unpredictability and risk. The announcement was made in a 17 November press release.
The combined net profit of 75 listed GCC insurers remained steady at $1.7bn in the first nine months of this year (9M2025), with mirroring trends from the first half of the year, according to a report by research and consulting firm Insurance Monitor and Lux Actuaries and Consultants.
Health insurance premiums in Australia are expected to rise by about 4% in 2026, says a new report by money.com.au.
Building on the recovery established in the first half of the year, the UAE insurance industry continued to demonstrate solid improvement for the first three quarters (3Q2025) of 2025, according to BADRI Management Consultancy, an international and risk consulting firm.
Gulf Insurance Group (GIG) reported a net insurance result of KWD11.6m ($37.9?m) for the first nine months of 2025, down from KWD24.9m in the same period last year.