This chapter includes the following articles.
Insurance
The insurance sector contributed 1.2% of total trade in the first nine months of 2012, down 54% on the same period of 2011, when it stood at 2.6%. While things are looking more positive for the sector in 2013, it nonetheless faces some major challenges, particularly in the dominant motor segment. Regulatory issues have been on insurers’ minds in recent times too, with the industry’s overall profitability and sustainability likely to be affected by the outcome of these structural debates. Changes in the regulatory environment are in the offing, and liberalisation of the sector remains a contentious issue.
