Bahrain News

ACE Names Khoshabi as Managing Director, MENA; Dixon Named Special Adviser

ACE Group has promoted Mojgan Khoshabi to the role of regional managing director for ACE in the Middle East and North Africa, effective July 1. She will move to the new position from her current role as underwriting manager for …

Ward Named to Head New ACE Eurasia & Africa Business Region

The ACE Group announced that it has established a new business region, Eurasia & Africa, as part of its Overseas General division – the general insurance operations of the company outside North America. Regional headquarters is to be based initially …

Aon Benfield Licenses ReMetrica to Bahrain’s Q-Re

Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has licensed ReMetrica – its flagship capital modeling tool – to Bahrain-based Q-Re, a Middle East reinsurer. “ReMetrica will enable the reinsurer to enhance its Enterprise Risk Management …

AXA Appoints Droesch as CEO – Gulf Region

The French-based AXA Group has appointed Jérôme Droesch as CEO for the Gulf region. He was previously Regional CEO for the South-West region of AXA France, and replaces Jean-Louis Laurent Josi, who has been named CEO of AXA Japan. Droesch, …

Ratings Roundup: NIPPONKOA (Asia), Aspen (Notes), Asia Capital

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a” of Hong Kong-based NIPPONKOA Insurance Company (Asia) Limited, both with stable outlooks. The rating affirmations reflect NIPPONKOA Asia’s “sound risk-based capitalization, high …

Zurich Completes Acquisition of Lebanese Insurer

Zurich Financial Services Group announced today that its subsidiary, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd, has completed the acquisition of 99.99 percent of Compagnie Libanaise D’Assurances SAL, a privately owned Lebanese insurer with branch operations in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and …

Zurich Acquires Lebanon’s Compagnie Libanaise D’Assurances

Zurich Financial Services Group announced that its subsidiary Zurich Insurance Company Ltd, has signed an agreement to acquire 99.98 percent of Compagnie Libanaise D’Assurances SAL, a privately owned Lebanese insurer with branch operations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait …

Japan Supertanker Probe Reveals Crash Impact

A Japanese supertanker, which triggered fears of an attack in the sensitive Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route, collided with something, possibly a submarine or mine, UAE port officials inspecting the ship said on Thursday. Damage to the massive crude …

‘Freak Wave’ Damages Japan Supertanker in Strait of Hormuz

A Japanese oil tanker damaged by a freak wave in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping lanes, was making its way to a port in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. The ship’s owners reported …

Bermuda Signs Tax Accord with Italy

Bermuda’s Minister of Finance, the Hon. Paula A. Cox, announced that Bermuda has concluded negotiations for a bilateral agreement with the Italian Republic that will, “upon signing later this year, provide for a full exchange of information on criminal and …