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ME conflict: Strong start to 2026 for GCC listed insurers despite regional tensions

GCC insurers entered the ongoing regional geopolitical escalation from a position of relative strength, with 1Q2026 results continuing to reflect strong premium growth and profitability across most markets, according to a report by research...

MEIR team | 28 May 2026

ME conflict: Insurers respond to rising demand for specialty risk insurance

Rising geopolitical tensions have increasingly affected insurance markets across the GCC, driving stronger demand for specialty insurance products such as war-risk, marine, political risk, and cyber insurance, according to Dubai-based...

MEIR team | 28 May 2026

ME Conflict: Insured losses in Thailand driven by impacted imports of components; not direct factors

Sarah Si | 28 May 2026

ME conflict expected to surpass Ukraine as costliest event for PVT insurance market

For the insurance industry, and especially the Political Violence & Terrorism (PVT) business, the war in the Middle East may lead to significant losses in some areas and new risk assessments for selected key industries and regions, according to...

MEIR team | 26 May 2026

ME conflict: Strong start to 2026 for GCC listed insurers despite regional tensions

MEIR team | 25 May 2026

ME conflict: Insurers respond to rising demand for specialty risk insurance

MEIR team | 25 May 2026

ME conflict: Airlines look to mitigate risk by repositioning aircraft

Sarah Si | 19 May 2026

ME conflict: CBI claims related to helium scarcity depend on policy wording and trigger definitions

Sarah Si | 19 May 2026

Past Articles

ME conflict: Oil pollution in Strait of Hormuz may lead to water crisis

ME conflict creates "trapped asset" dilemma

ME conflict: New reality means marine insurance and war risk coverage irrevocably altered

Conflict Monitor: Geopolitical risks reshape aviation insurance in APAC

Conflict monitor: Political risks driven by economic policy still outweigh those from international conflict

Conflict Monitor: Chinese insurers to reinsure Russian LNG supplies to China

Conflict monitor: Oil spills in Strait of Hormuz pose risk to unique ecosystem

Conflict monitor: Thailand's regulator uses Middle East conflict as severe simulated scenario in stress test

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