The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has granted InsurTech licences to two insurance companies, revealed the regulator's Vice Chairman, Dr Ahmed Abdel Aziz. In addition, the regulator is studying the applications of six other insurance companies for the licence.
Foreign vehicles entering Qatar through the Abu Samra Border Crossing will be able to obtain motor insurance online before entering the country, speeding up the border entry process.
The results of a survey, in which about 100 insurance experts in the Egyptian market identified prospects, opportunities and challenges in the insurance industry in 2026, show that they predict moderate to strong premium growth for the year.
The Turkish insurance sector has shifted its focus to domestic and national technology initiatives in its digital transformation journey.
OnRe, a global property and specialty reinsurer tokenised with ONyc, has announced a strategic partnership with Rhodium Re, a Dubai-based managing general agent (MGA), to expand global underwriting distribution for ONyc.
The acceleration in technological advancement, especially in artificial intelligence and image and sound processing, has led to increasing digital challenges, most notably the phenomenon of deepfakes, according to the Insurers Federation of Egypt (IFE).
The life insurance industry in China can build a digital ecosystem platform centred on the family, with family accounts as its core, to ease concerns over insurance's ability to meet needs, suggested the Chairman of China Merchants Renhe Life Insurance, Mr Huang Zhiwei.
FinTech company Fawry has signed a strategic partnership agreement with talabat Egypt, an e-commerce platform that operates across MENA.
The Algerian Union of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (UAR) has launched a hub for innovation and artificial intelligence (AI) on 8 January 2026.
The UAE insurance industry will witness further growth and development in 2026 and the following years, Mr Khaled Mohammed Al Badi, Chairman of the Emirates Insurance Federation (EIF) and the Gulf Insurance Federation, has said.