DOHA: MultaQa Qatar will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Over the years the conference has firmly established itself as the flagship platform of the risk and insurance industry in the Middle East and Northern Africa (Mena). Since 2007 senior insurance executives and leading experts come to Doha and debate for two days the trends and developments, which currently dominate their agenda. This year’s MultaQa Qatar is scheduled to open tomorrow.
“It fills us with pride to host the Mena insurance and reinsurance industry for the 10th consecutive time,” said Yousuf Mohamed Al Jaida, CEO of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC).
“We initiated the conference because insurance and reinsurance are essential ingredients for economic and societal progress, in particular in an emerging market like the Mena region. Looking back over the past years, MultaQa Qatar has certainly contributed to raising awareness of the benefits of insurance and reinsurance in our region. At the same time, it has also demonstrated to the industry our region’s potential for their growth and development,” Al Jaida said.
MultaQa Qatar’s recipe for success rests on the combination of first-rate thought-leading conference proceedings, an impressive speaker line-up of industry leading experts and senior executives and, finally, premium meeting facilities which enable delegates to discuss and negotiate business matters.
As a consequence, MultaQa Qatar has grown from about 80 delegates in 2007 to more than 700 participants from more than 30 countries in 2015.
This year’s conference, which again will be hosted by the Qatar Central Bank and the Qatar Financial Centre, is opened with two keynote addresses from Minister of Finance H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi, , who is also the Chairman of the Qatar Financial Centre, and Qatar Central Bank Governor H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saoud Al Thani.
The international industry keynote address will be delivered by Anna Maria D’Hulster, Secretary General and Managing Director of the global insurance industry’s leading think tank, the Geneva Association.
As in prior years, the keynotes are followed by an executive panel discussions.
Moderated by Dr Kai-Uwe Schanz, Chairman of MultaQa Qatar since 2008, Ali Al Falada, Senior Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Group President of QIC, Michael Jensen, Managing Director Mena of AIG, Romel Tabaja, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Trust Re and David Watson, Chief Executive Officer Reinsurance EMEA of XL Catlin will discuss the accelerating pace of internationalisation of some of the region’s re/insurers and its implications.
At the occasion of MultaQa Qatar, the QFC also launches the 2016 Mena Insurance Barometer, an annual survey based on in-depth interviews with senior executives of regional and international (re)insurance companies and intermediaries, reflecting on the current state and near-term prospects of the $50bn Mena insurance markets.
According to this year’s Barometer, the Mena insurance markets continue to demonstrate their resilience despite the current economic slowdown in the region.
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DOHA: MultaQa Qatar will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Over the years the conference has firmly established itself as the flagship platform of the risk and insurance industry in the Middle East and Northern Africa (Mena). Since 2007 senior insurance executives and leading experts come to Doha and debate for two days the trends and developments, which currently dominate their agenda. This year’s MultaQa Qatar is scheduled to open tomorrow.
“It fills us with pride to host the Mena insurance and reinsurance industry for the 10th consecutive time,” said Yousuf Mohamed Al Jaida, CEO of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC).
“We initiated the conference because insurance and reinsurance are essential ingredients for economic and societal progress, in particular in an emerging market like the Mena region. Looking back over the past years, MultaQa Qatar has certainly contributed to raising awareness of the benefits of insurance and reinsurance in our region. At the same time, it has also demonstrated to the industry our region’s potential for their growth and development,” Al Jaida said.
MultaQa Qatar’s recipe for success rests on the combination of first-rate thought-leading conference proceedings, an impressive speaker line-up of industry leading experts and senior executives and, finally, premium meeting facilities which enable delegates to discuss and negotiate business matters.
As a consequence, MultaQa Qatar has grown from about 80 delegates in 2007 to more than 700 participants from more than 30 countries in 2015.
This year’s conference, which again will be hosted by the Qatar Central Bank and the Qatar Financial Centre, is opened with two keynote addresses from Minister of Finance H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi, , who is also the Chairman of the Qatar Financial Centre, and Qatar Central Bank Governor H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saoud Al Thani.
The international industry keynote address will be delivered by Anna Maria D’Hulster, Secretary General and Managing Director of the global insurance industry’s leading think tank, the Geneva Association.
As in prior years, the keynotes are followed by an executive panel discussions.
Moderated by Dr Kai-Uwe Schanz, Chairman of MultaQa Qatar since 2008, Ali Al Falada, Senior Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Group President of QIC, Michael Jensen, Managing Director Mena of AIG, Romel Tabaja, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Trust Re and David Watson, Chief Executive Officer Reinsurance EMEA of XL Catlin will discuss the accelerating pace of internationalisation of some of the region’s re/insurers and its implications.
At the occasion of MultaQa Qatar, the QFC also launches the 2016 Mena Insurance Barometer, an annual survey based on in-depth interviews with senior executives of regional and international (re)insurance companies and intermediaries, reflecting on the current state and near-term prospects of the $50bn Mena insurance markets.
According to this year’s Barometer, the Mena insurance markets continue to demonstrate their resilience despite the current economic slowdown in the region.
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