The Republic of Ghana has experienced two peaceful handovers of power in the two decades since it has returned to civilian, multiparty democracy and has gained a deserved reputation as a bastion of stability. However, in recent years, it has been the country’s economic performance in the headlines.
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The insurance industry has grown substantially over the past decade. The expansion of Kuwait’s insurance industry over the course of the 12 years leading up to 2011 – the most recent year for which data was available at time of publication – reflects the country’s overall economic performance during the same period and, indeed, global macroeconomic...
Over the past decade Kuwait has seen the emergence of one of the largest and most diverse Islamic financial services (IFS) industries in the world. According to Kuwait Finance House (KFH), as of September 2012, the country was home to $70.4bn in Islamic finance assets, some 5-6% of global sharia-compliant assets. Numerous Islamic financial...
The development of Islamic financial services (IFS) in Kuwait over the past decade and a half corresponds to the rise and fall of real estate throughout the GCC over the same period. From the early 2000s until the international financial downturn in 2007-08, local sharia-compliant banks and companies invested heavily in the regional real estate...
The two firms that constitute Kuwait’s reinsurance industry are looking forward to increased activity, driven by strong demand for reinsurance capacity in local and regional markets alike. Indeed, in an effort to diversify their revenue sources, both Kuwait Reinsurance (Kuwait Re) and Al Fajer Re-takaful (Al Fajer Re) have worked to expand their...
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