Health cover accounts for around half of the Saudi insurance market, with gross written premiums (GWPs) from this segment worth SR18.65bn ($5bn) in 2016. The health line of business has benefitted enormously in recent times from the expansion of the Kingdom’s medical services, as well as the introduction of statutory requirements for health...
These are crucial times for Saudi Arabia’s power and water sectors as both move through a process of major reform. Privatisation is at a more advanced stage in water than in power, but the next few years should see substantial change in both markets, providing significant opportunities for investors.
What challenges does the efficiency and reliability of Saudi’s desalination network face?
Increased investment in Saudi Arabia’s mining sector looks set to lift its GDP contributions, as part of an accelerating push to diversify the economy under the Vision 2030 development plan. On April 24, 2017 Prince Khalid Al Faisal Al Saud, the governor of Makkah, formally opened a new gold mine and processing plant – the Ad Duwayhi mine, owned and...
How will the gradual phase-out of electricity subsidies affect electricity consumption patterns?
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