Given the extensive losses many insurance companies have suffered over the last few years, what changes to the regulatory framework are needed?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Ali Al Ayed, General Director, Insurance Control Department, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia's cooperative sukuk model offers distinct advantages from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
While the rapid development of the global Islamic banking sector has generated plenty of media headlines in recent years, the growth of the takaful industry has attracted comparatively less attention. There are several reasons that can go some way to explain the relatively unheralded expansion of the world’s sharia-compliant insurers. For...
Articles & Analysis | After a tough year, Saudi Arabia's insurance industry has bounced back strongly from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Following the costly price competition of 2013, which eroded profitability across the sector, the market has responded to regulatory intervention and returned to a trajectory of sustainable growth over the course of 2014. With expansion potential emerging from both big-ticket projects and the high-volume, low-value business at the retail end...
Chapter | Security, Aerospace & Defence from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
In 2014 Saudi Arabia spent 35% of its budget on defence, equivalent to roughly $80.7bn. The coming years are likely to see increased emphasis on homeland security in three areas: securing the Kingdom’s northern and southern borders, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism. The Kingdom remains focused on developing a sophisticated domestic defence industry, investing heavily to this end in research...
The abundance of hydrocarbons in the Kingdom has led to a proliferation of downstream petrochemicals businesses. The natural gas that is allocated to producers at a subsidised price forms a significant part of Saudi Arabia’s value proposition to foreign investors. Demand from rapidly expanding markets in Asia, as well as steady sales to established Asian centres, should ensure that the Kingdom...
The regulatory intervention that followed intense price competition in 2013 has enabled Saudi Arabia’s insurance market to return to a trajectory of sustainable growth over the course of 2014. Competition in the sector is still stiff, however, with 35 insurance and re-insurance companies in operation as of December 2014. In 2006 the authorities enacted the Health Insurance Law, which initially...