AM Best's
MENA Insurance Market Briefing - Dubai
AM Best will host its annual MENA regional insurance event on Tuesday, 25 November 2025.
Senior rating analysts and industry executives will discuss recent developments and anticipate their impact on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) markets for the short-to-medium term.
Agenda
| Time | Sessions | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:30 | Welcome and Introductory Comments | Andrea Keenan EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, AM Best |
| 09:35 | Global Reinsurance Update | Greg Carter Managing Director, Analytics - EMEA & AP, AM Best |
| 10:00 | Local (Re)insuance Update | Mahesh Mistry Senior Director, Head of Analytics, London, AM Best |
| 10:30 | GCC Market Dynamics & Rating Observations | Emily Thompson Romeo Berti |
| 11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:45 | CEO Panel - The Leading Rated (Re)insurers in the Middle East | Moderator:
Panelists:
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| 12:45 | Best’s Credit Rating Methodology (BCRM) in Action: Mock Rating Committee | Greg Carter Mahesh Mistry Ben Diaz-Clegg Emily Thompson Romeo Berti |
| 13:30 | Closing Remarks | Andrea Keenan EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, AM Best |
| 13:35 | Networking Lunch |
Please read our compliance discussion guidelines.
When & Where:
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
9:00–14:30 (GST)
Kempinski The Boulevard
For More Information:
events@ambest.com
Meet Our Speakers
AM Best Speaker Lineup:
Andrea Keenan
EVP & Chief Strategy Officer
AM Best
Vasilis Katsipis
General Manager
AM Best MENA, South & Central Asia
AM Best
Greg Carter
Managing Director,
Analytics EMEA & Asia Pacific
AM Best
Mahesh Mistry
Senior Director,
Head of Analytics, London
AM Best
Emily Thompson
Senior Financial Analyst
AM Best
Romeo Berti
Senior Financial Analyst
AM Best
Ben Diaz-Clegg
Associate Director, Analytics
AM Best
Guest Speaker Lineup:
Omer Elamin
President
Orient Group
Farid Joseph Saber
Group Chief Operations Officer
Gulf Insurance Group
Dawoud Sulaiman Al Duwaisan
Chief Executive Officer
Kuwait Re