Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Market segment outlook : Gulf Cooperation Council insurance

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Market segment outlook : Gulf Cooperation Council insurance / Emily Thompson, Jessica Botelho-Young. — New Jersey : A.M. Best Company Inc., 2025

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Opportunities for insurance sector growth are plentiful -- Market consolidation and cross country M&A transactions continue to feature -- Active regulatory environment -- Competition persistently poressurises rates -- Insurers are dependent on reinsurance market conditions. — Sumario: The report "Market Segment Outlook: Gulf Cooperation Council Insurance" by AM Best maintains a stable outlook for the insurance markets of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), highlighting the region's economic resilience amid geopolitical tensions, abundant growth opportunities from new products and insurable risks, the ongoing relevance of mergers and acquisitions for geographic diversification and economies of scale, and increased regulatory oversight focused on risk management and corporate governance. However, it also notes short-term challenges such as oil price volatilitywhich brings economic uncertainty, especially for hydrocarbon-dependent countries highly saturated and competitive markets, and vulnerable margins due to changes in regional reinsurance conditions

1. Mercado de seguros . 2. Consolidación de mercado internacional . 3. Desarrollo económico . 4. Diversificación de los riesgos . 5. Análisis de riesgos . 6. Incertidumbre . 7. Petróleo . 8. Reaseguro . 9. Fusiones y adquisiciones . 10. Golfo Pérsico . I. Botelho-Young, Jessica . II. A.M. Best Company . III. Título.