What are Tunisian insurers facing when it comes to complying with the Solvency II directive?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Lassâad Zarrouk, CEO, STAR Assurances: Interview from The Report: Tunisia 2016
Articles & Analysis | Insurance sector in Tunisia to see new regulations as premiums rise from The Report: Tunisia 2016
Although insurance penetration levels in Tunisia are low by international standards, overall premiums are growing steadily and the life segment is expanding rapidly, as are new niches such as takaful (Islamic insurance) and micro-insurance. The industry regulator is also working on a number of reforms to bolster sector development,...
Articles & Analysis | Tunisia working to improve transparency and risk management in insurance from The Report: Tunisia 2016
The Tunisian insurance sector is regulated by the General Committee on Insurance (Comité Géneral des Assurances, CGA), which is a unit of the Ministry of Finance, and by the 1992 Insurance Code. The industry has entered a period of significant regulatory change following the completion of an EU-funded strategic review of the insurance market...
Articles & Analysis | Food and beverages from The Report: Tunisia 2016
THE COMPANY: With total annual sales of around TD900m (€412.7m) in 2014, Société de Fabrication de Boissons de Tunisie (SFBT) is becoming one of the major private sector groups in Tunisia. It is made of 25 companies and generates most of its sales from soda beverages and beers. SFBT is a market...
Articles & Analysis | Authorities look into stimulating growth in Tunisia’s bond market from The Report: Tunisia 2016
Tunisia’s bond market is going strong, with both the government and local financial institutions – and leasing companies in particular – regularly issuing debt. Trading levels, however, are very low, though the operators of the Tunis Stock Exchange (Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis, BVMT) are looking at ways to increase transactions. In...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Fadhel Abdelkefi, General Manager, Tunisie Valeurs, on changes to stock exchange regulations: Viewpoint from The Report: Tunisia 2016
The Tunis Stock Exchange (Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis, BVMT) has a technical and legal structure in line with the best international standards. It uses the trading platform used by developed markets generally, including the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext NV. BVMT is a private company exclusively owned by the broker-dealers....