UAE: Abu Dhabi

As the only one of the UAE’s seven emirates to implement a mandatory health insurance system, Abu Dhabi’s health insurance sector has been keenly observed by both the rest of the country as well as its GCC neighbours who are contemplating one of their own. A less successful attempt by Kuwait to introduce a national insurance system some years ago...

With the 75-year concession agreements for Abu Dhabi’s onshore oil production set to expire in 2014, executives at oil and gas companies throughout the world will stay keenly attuned to the re-tendering process. Predicting the outcome will not be easy as the new tenders come at a time of unprecedented change in the global energy market. State-owned...

A surge in planned spending on energy projects in Gulf nations has characterised 2012, and Abu Dhabi has been no exception to the trend. While precise estimates vary, there is a consensus among industry observers that the value of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts in the emirate’s oil and gas sector is set to see a huge...

Local insurers have weathered a turbulent two years, during which they have been compelled to make the transition from an era of rapid economic expansion to one of more muted growth. Their performance over 2011 suggests that their efforts to date have been successful: bottom-line expansion has been achieved with modest top-line gains, and the sector...

THE COMPANY: Established in 1982, Union National Bank (UNB) has become a leading commercial bank in the country. To date, UNB has 55 branches across the UAE providing basic services, such as deposits, loans and credit cards, as well as more complicated ones including wealth management and investment...