Taking a 50 percent hit in sales of a top product is never easy. But if you’re a government who uses those profits to service your debt, it can be …
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Economics & Policy
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The region’s healthcare sector currently faces several pressing priorities, including rising rates of lifestyle ailments such as diabetes and heart disease, a growing population and problems of accessibility and quality …
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Good role models are hard to find. Thus insurers on a quest for new business lines would do well to pay close attention to Estonia, the small Baltic republic where …
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Want to take out a loan to open a small workshop in your village? Without owning a piece of land that could be used as collateral, banks would pass on …
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Lebanon’s industrialists have a cordial, even respectful, relationship with the nation’s bankers, but they could never be considered bosom buddies. Not only have trade, tourism and real estate had an …
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On May 31, Lebanon’s parliament agreed to a 17-month extension of its own mandate. The decision was clearly unpopular with some Lebanese — as MPs were on their way to …
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Whether the title is general manager or chief executive, or the role is niche player or regional rover, the best way to dress for survival as an insurance company in …
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Insurance often does not have the most sterling of reputations as a career or a mindset — even among insurance professionals. When an up-market British insurance broker last February wrote …
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When economic times are tough for Lebanese companies, insurers get singed. Less international trade means fewer cargo insurance contracts. Less hiring means fewer premiums invested in employee needs. Fewer overland …