Flashback: the year 2013 in review, miscellaneous

In this retrospective, we will review the events that marked the year 2013 relating to the following categories: large risks, passing and miscellaneous¹.

The large risks

• December
  Saudi Arabia: Broker UIB is placing the construction policy of the world’s highest skyscraper Cameroon: ACTIVA, insurer of the construction works of the second bridge over the Wouri River

Passing

• November
  Lebanon: Henri Chalhoub, founder and chairman of Union Franco-Arabe d’Assurance et de Réassurance passed away on October 25, 2013.

Miscellaneous

• April
  Qatar: Publication of the first insurance barometer of the MENA region
• May
  United Kingdom: AON: Manchester United sponsor for the next eight years
• October
  World: The Financial Stability Board (FSB) publishes in mid-July the list of nine insurers displaying systemic risks Qatar: Publication of the first insurance barometer for the MENA region

¹ For the sake of an easier access to the entire articles on the website, events shall follow the date of their publication in Atlas Magazine and not the date of their occurrence.