The company is publicly traded and owned by over 6000 private and institutional investors, listed on the stock exchanges of Bahrain, Dubai and Kuwait. ARIG provides insurance and reinsurance services in the Middle East and Afro-Asian markets, primarily offering non-life reinsurance services and mainly underwriting treaty reinsurances.
Cyborg Score Rationale
The company was downgraded to "bbb" from "bbb+" by AM Best, with outlook revised to negative. ARIG has reported underwriting losses in four of the past five years with a combined ratio of 106%, and suffered material deterioration in capital from USD 257 million in 2017 to USD 196 million at year-end 2018.
Top Insights
Regional reinsurance leader with pan-Arab footprint across Bahrain, Dubai, and Kuwait exchanges
Faces significant operational challenges including underwriting losses and declining capital adequacy
Subject to recent credit rating downgrades and negative outlook from AM Best
Majority of revenue derived from non-life reinsurance segment
Named Competitors
Regional Reinsurance — Global and regional competitors providing life and non-life reinsurance
Recent Developments
(2024) AM Best downgraded Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating and revised FSR outlook to negative
(2018) Reported USD 21.5 million fraud provision in subsidiary and USD 28.3 million Lloyd's participation losses
(2025) Stock trading near $0.96 with market cap of approximately $190M
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