UAE Travel Insurance Sector Expects Growth

Posted on Feb 16, 2012 by Sergio Ulloa (G+)

There may be boom times ahead for the UAE travel insurance market, as both inbound and outbound tourism numbers begin to rebound after a difficult couple of years. One of the Gulf state's largest insurance companies has predicted travel insurance sales could now grow by 40 percent in 2012 alone. Speaking at the Dubai Economic Outlook 2012 presentation on Wednesday, Sheikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum stated that the UAE economy would expect to grow by around 4.5-5 percent this year, and that the Gulf's tourism and travel sectors would be major contributors to the country's commercial development going forward. Buoyed by vast oil and gas wealth, the UAE economy had moved at a brisk pace up until the 2008 global financial crisis, when Dubai's once powerful property and construction sector required a massive US$26 billion government bailout to restructure their considerable debts. This event of course impacted other sectors of the economy as well, with foreign investment and tourism declining in tow. Read the rest of the Dubai Travel Insurance Sector Expects Growth article