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  Dubai / WAM The UAE’S thriving economy, including its active construction industry, had a positive impact on the nation’s insurance sector, with premiums written in property and liability insurance rising from AED24.9 billion in 2014 to AED27.5 billion in 2015, an increase of 10.4 percent, according to data released by the annual insurance report for 2015. The UAE economy is ...

  Dubai / WAM The Third Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES) will begin in Dubai on Tuesday, focusing on challenges that face the economy, along with strengthening co-operation in a bid to find sustainable solutions. Themed “Inspiring Change,” the summit will be held under the patronage of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin ...

  Dubai / WAM The Board of Directors of the Dubai Women Establishment (DWE) held a meeting to review the organisation’s 2017-2021 strategic plan. The plan is focused on promoting the skills of Emirati women, and enhancing their capabilities, in line with the UAE’s strategic priorities. The Board also reviewed DWE’s various achievements in the past years and discussed the progress ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The current low oil price environment has provided robust opportunities in the Middle Eastern project logistics and breakbulk sector — a critical part of the supply chain supporting the fast-growing regional infrastructure project sector, as discussed at the Breakbulk Middle East launch press conference on Sunday. At the press conference, Breakbulk officially announced that ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business As Middle East organizations embark on their digital transformation journeys, Kodak Alaris intends to highlight how it can solve their information management challenges through its participation at GITEX 2016. Under the theme ‘Digitize your City’, the company will showcase its latest solutions for reigning in Data Chaos to enable core business functions — from marketing ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business UAE Exchange, the leading global remittance, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand, recently announced its celebration of Customer Service Week throughout its operations in 31 countries across 5 continents. It is being organised from October 9-13 in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); and from October 10-14 in Africa, America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and other Middle ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dulsco, a regional leader in human resource and waste management solutions stated that the focus by GCC Governments on infrastructure and other sustainability projects will drive the next phase of growth in its core business areas. As per reports published during the recently concluded Big 5 show, over AED 190 billion is being directed towards ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM HE Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs and his delegation, met with Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister as part of a series of bilateral talks held in Washington, alongside the 34th annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG). Al Tayer and Gramegna discussed mutual ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme announced that it would build a 729-house project in the emirate of Ajman, the largest residential complex the programme has carried out since its inception in 1999. “The housing project is to be implemented based upon the leadership’s directives to provide houses to citizens, so as to enjoy social stability. The ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM A high level delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), headed by Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, will take part in the World Energy Congress (WEC 2016), which will open in Istanbul on Sunday. The UAE delegation will have representatives from the Ministry of Energy, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity ...