Although underdeveloped by both international and regional standards, Algeria’s insurance market has seen rapid growth in recent years. Public companies dominate the sector, but private firms are gradually increasing their market share. Property and casualty products make up the bulk of premiums, accounting for 92.4% of premiums in 2011, on a total...
How do you explain the relatively low penetration rate in Algeria, and what steps need to be taken to energise the local market?
Although insurance penetration in Algeria is still low by regional and world standards, the sector is growing quickly. Total premiums have almost doubled between 2006 and 2011, giving a compound annual growth rate of 13.55% from a starting point of AD45.82bn (€439.87m). Profits also increased during the same period, with net income as a percentage...
Long-awaited plans to set up a ratings agency to gauge stability levels in Algeria’s banks seem to be back on track, with the process for selecting a monitoring system now gathering pace. The launch of the new ratings system for the nation’s banks has the potential to boost confidence in the sector, while paving the way for increased lending in line...
In addition to reforms made to the country’s monetary policy framework, the new legal measures relating to money and credit taken in 2010 (order no. 10-01 of August 26, 2010) have strengthened the legal anchoring of financial stability as an explicit mission of the Bank of Algeria.
High levels of liquidity and a total loan book that accounts for just half of deposits characterise the Algerian banking sector. The industry remains dominated by publicly owned banks, which constitute around nine-tenths of deposits and loans, though foreign-backed private banks are major players in trade finance and are highly profitable....
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