Against a background of flatlining national economic growth, Lebanon’s retailers have suffered a double blow this year, with many big-ticket shoppers from Europe and the Middle East avoiding Beirut for …
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While 2010 saw the launching of five development megaprojects, all in downtown Beirut, this year saw a more modest track of real estate announcements. The biggest by far was the …
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Entrepreneurial fervor among the Lebanese is well established, though the proper support systems to encourage and assist entrepreneurs are only recently improving. Endeavor, a non-profit nongovernmental organization (NGO), which supports …
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Following Lebanon’s skyrocketing success in 2010, this year saw a much calmed real estate sector. Though many buyers have been carefully shopping around and looking for the best deals, most …
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DERMANDAR The concept: Meaning ‘all around’ in Lebanese slang, Dermandar specializes in digital image technologies. The concept is simple: pictures taken with a normal camera can be turned into a …
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Lebanon’s insurance sector is approaching, ever so slowly, a time where global and regional macroeconomic enablers could provide the scale of economics that the industry has been chasing unsuccessfully for …
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Insurance companies in Lebanon may have a future filled with potential but their presence is also stacked with risk. Although sector growth in 2011 to date has not been bad …
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The most significant innovation in the Lebanese insurance industry this year is transparency in on-time delivery. For the first time in roughly 60 years of collecting premiums and paying claims, …
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The Association of Insurance Companies in Lebanon (ACAL) is the leading voice representing insurance providers in the country. Executive sat down with ACAL president Assaad Merza to learn about the …
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Insurance customers rely on impartial authority to ensure that their insurance policy will be honored when they have to file a claim. For insurance companies, the supervision by a trusted …