Corporate leaders in the Middle East have recently been offered compelling evidence that when it comes to their insurance needs, silence cannot mitigate catastrophic risks. Greater understanding and improved collaboration between insurance suppliers and corporate insurance customers are needed to protect companies to the fullest possible extent of what insurance can provide.

So what needs to be done...

Zawya has decided to introduce in-depth coverage on the regional corporate insurance industry and to bring you more visibility on product offerings, in addition to helping you better connect with insurance suppliers and intermediaries. The objective is to assist your decision-making process as an insurance buyer, and help insurance providers become more responsive to your needs.

As a first step...

We invite you to participate in our survey Corporate Insurance: the Buyer's View. It's a confidential, 7-minute survey on the state of corporate insurance in the Middle East. Once completed, we will notify you of the survey results in the form of an Insurance Report, scheduled to be released in January 2010. The Insurance Report aims to provide professionals with an agenda setting document bringing transparency on the following issues: