Best of 2017, insurance markets’ activity

mars 05, 2018

Atlas Magazine invites you to rediscover the events that have marked the insurance markets in 2017.

Regulation/Legislation

January:
Saudi Arabia: New procedures for the settlement of motor claims India: Stiffening merger and acquisition terms in insurance Japan: Reduction of compulsory insurance tariffs in the country of the rising sun Tunisia: The insurance code is being finalised
February:
Kenya: New regulations for marine cargo insurance Oman: National insurance companies now required to get listed on the stock market
March:
Egypt: Increase of the minimum share capital of insurance companies
April:
Uganda: Increase of the threshold of minimum capital requirement Qatar: New laws governing the motor insurance sector in Qatar
May:
India: Cyber-attacks: new regulations Kenya: Deregulation of motor insurance pricing Kuwait: New minimum share capital for insurance and reinsurance companies Oman: New regulation for insurance intermediaries in Oman
June:
Cameroon: Upward revision of motor third party liability tariff in Cameroon Sudan: Adoption of the new insurance code in Sudan
July:
Algeria: New decree governing the activities of insurance intermediaries United Arab Emirates: Change in shareholding of foreign insurance companies
August:
Algeria: Algeria sets the tariffs and deductibles of natural catastrophe insurance RD Congo: Liberalization of the Congolese insurance market Turkey: New law governing Takaful insurance
October:
Saudi Arabia: Women allowed to drive, a new niche for insurers
November:
Kenya: New insurance regulatory measures in Kenya Oman: Introducing a compulsory health insurance system

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Strategy

Atlas Magazine invites you to rediscover the events that have marked the insurance markets in 2017.

Regulation/Legislation

Restrictions/New requirements

Strategy

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