March 8, 2022
Insurance broker Gallagher has launched a new business in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) to support clients across the Middle East and Africa with its specialty and facultative reinsurance solutions. The business will benefit from Gallagher and MIG Group’s …
November 15, 2021
DUBAI — The General Reinsurance unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc has set up a Middle East office in Dubai, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) said on Monday. Gen Re will provide life and health reinsurance services across the …
January 8, 2019
Dubai plans to triple the size of its financial district, adding an area almost the size of London’s Canary Wharf, even as the emirate faces slower growth and rising competition from neighboring banking hubs. The expansion, dubbed DIFC 2.0, will …
September 19, 2018
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced that it has further expanded its leadership team in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), with the appointment of executives to fill key product line and service posts. “Building a strong foundation of …
July 11, 2018
International insurer RSA has appointed Chris Riley as senior executive officer for RSA’s operation in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Riley has held this position on an interim basis since May and was previously RSA’s marine hub leader, DIFC …
June 8, 2018
Qatar Reinsurance Co. Ltd. (Qatar Re) has announced it will suspend the writing of all new and renewing facultative business from its branch office in the Dubai International Financial Centre. However, facultative coverage will continue to be provided by the …
February 12, 2018
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced it has received an insurance license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority and established an office in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). It also has named Alessandro Cerase as its senior executive …
June 12, 2017
Asta, the Lloyd’s third party managing agent and specialist MGA investor, announced that Dubai-based Arma Underwriting Ltd. has received full approval from all regulators and commenced operations last month. Asta-backed Arma is an approved Lloyd’s coverholder that writes multi-line re/insurance …
February 28, 2017
Arch Reinsurance Ltd. has created an entity to handle its underwriting in the Gulf region and eventually replace the role Gulf Re plays in its business there, a few years after it fully acquired the struggling reinsurer for this purpose. …
February 27, 2017
Asta, the London-based Lloyd’s third party managing agent and specialist MGA investor, announced it has agreed to invest in the development of Arma Underwriting Ltd. Asta will take a minority equity stake in Arma and will also support the company’s …