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Feb 27 2006

KSA's SAMA completes study on 22 companies

JEDDAH -- The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) has completed studies on 22 insurance companies and presented their files to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to complete licensing procedures.

The Council of Ministers is likely to license these firms within a few weeks. Following this, the joint stock firms would float 30 per cent of their shares for public subscription.

"We have completed studies on 22 of 30 companies, which intend to enter the Kingdom's insurance market," Muhammad Al Jasser, deputy governor of SAMA, told an insurance conference here last week.

He added that the ministry had transferred the files of companies to the Cabinet for approval.

"The coming weeks will see the official entry of these companies into the market after the Cabinet endorsement," Al Jasser said.

The SAMA website has named some of the companies whose files have been sent to the ministry. They are: Assurance Saudi Fransi, Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (AMITY), Saudi-Indian Insurance Company, United Cooperative Assurance Company (UCA), BUPA Arabia, Al Ahli Takaful Company, Saudi National Insurance Company, SABB Takaful, Arabian Shield Insurance Co., Al Rajhi Company for Cooperative Insurance, Al Alamiya Insurance Co., the Mediterranean & Gulf Insurance & Reinsurance Co. (MedGulf), AXA Cooperative Insurance and Tokio Marine & Nichido.

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© Khaleej Times 2006

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