5 awards were delivered at Gala Luncheon at the Middle East's longest running forum attended by central bankers, regulators and leading insurance companies

Manama, Bahrain, 7 February 2016: Last week, the 12th annual Middle East Insurance Forum (MEIF) recognized excellence within the Middle East's insurance industry at a high profile Gala Luncheon in the Gulf Hotel in Bahrain. 5 MEIF Institutional Excellence Awards were granted to the best performing insurance companies within the GCC, Levant and wider Middle East, as well as those in the Life and Non-Life insurance segments. The Awards were delivered by Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Baker, Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain, the strategic partner of MEIF.

Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance Co (SAQ) was recognized as the top performing insurance company in the Overall Middle East and Non-Life (Middle East) categories.

The MEIF Institutional Excellence Awards have been the flagship awards for the region's insurance industry for the past 12 years.

Speaking at the Gala Lunchein, Ehsan Abbas, Chairman of Middle East Global Advisors, the conveners or MEIF, highlighted the sheer importance of the awards: "This afternoon's award winners should be commended on the quality and dedication of the management team to serve the Middle East insurance industry whilst maintaining sound fundamentals."

The overall winners of the 12th annual Middle East Insurance Awards were:

Overall GCC

Al Ahleia Insurance Co SAKP

Overall Levant

Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik AS

Middle East - Life segment

Bahrain National Holding Co BSC
Middle East - Non Life Insurance Segment

Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance Co SAQ

Overall Middle East

Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance Co SAQ

The 13th annual edition of Middle East Insurance Forum will take place in February 2017. For further updates, visit www.meglobaladvisors.com.

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ABOUT MIDDLE EAST INSURANCE FORUM
MEIF is the region's leading insurance platform that has served a key role in the development of the industry and driving its growth for the past 12 years. Held under the patronage of the Central Bank of Bahrain, the forum partners with the region's largest insurance organizations in converging the most distinguished leaders in insurance under a single platform to assess the direction of the industry and chart new ways for its growth.

To find out more, visit 
www.meif2015.com.

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Middle East Global Advisors (MEGA) is the leading gateway connectivity and intelligence platform to Islamic finance opportunities in the rapidly developing economic region that stretches all the way from Morocco in the West to Indonesia in the East- The Middle East North Africa Southeast Asia (MENASEA) connection. For 22 years, our exclusive focus on achieving business results for the Islamic finance industry has enabled us to create significant value for the leading players in the Islamic banking, finance and investment markets.

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