Bahrain National Holding (BNH) intends to get a majority stake in the local insurer Al Ahlia Insurance. BNH has officially expressed its intentions, awaiting a response from the Board of Directors of Al Ahlia before commencing the preliminary engineering studies. BNH’s assets are estimated at 80.3 million BHD (213 million USD) compared to 32.6 million BHD (86 million USD) for Al Ahlia .