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Insurance Business in Qatar: Opportunities and Challenges

Insurance Business in Qatar: Opportunities and Challenges

Introduction

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2014) stated that the global insurance industry has been performing well and registering growth since its recovery in 2012 after the financial crisis. The growth is more evident in the emerging countries in Asia and Latin America particularly in the life insurance sector (OECD, 2014). The same source also noted that the non-life insurance sector continue to be in the recovery state until 2013 adding the fact that calamities all over the world negatively impact the sector. Nevertheless, the motor vehicle insurance increase premiums ...

Business

Abstract ​ In April 2000, Saudi Electricity Company was established as a Saudi joint stock company with a paid-up capital of forty-one billion six hundred and sixty-five million nine hundred and thirty-eight thousand one hundred and fifty Saudi Riyals. The merger of all Saudi electricity companies in the Central, Eastern, Western, and Southern Regions in addition to the other electricity operations managed by General Electricity Corporation made it possible to make this amalgamation of multiple entities into a single joint stock company known as Saudi Electricity Company (se.com.sa). However, when the merger took place, there were a number of issues that led to ...

Throughout history, philosophers have often clashed heads in regards to the definition and understanding of the human self. Many have formulated a myriad of theories that attempt to decipher the true meaning and motivations of the human self. Two of the moist prolific philosophers of the exploration of this aspect were Immanuel Kant and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was an American philosopher born and raised in Massachusetts. On the other hand, Kant lived in an earlier era and was German by birth. It was Kant’s original transcendental deductions that later acted as an influence to the New England Transcendentalism ...

Impact of limited liability concept on business decisions

Impact of limited liability concept on business decisions Before the advent of the modern capitalism the business enterprises existed in the forms of proprietorships or partnerships. Arranged in these forms, the sole owner or the partners run business themselves and their liability is unlimited. Though simple and clear, these organizations have severe drawbacks (Ross et al, 2010, p. 5) including difficulty of transferring the ownership and in raising capital. When 18th-19th centuries economical expansion led by the UK required mobilization of capital on a large scale (Davis et al, 2003, p. 118) it had to be done through a different ...

Introduction

Capital structure is a blend of debt financing and equity and is a crucial factor in the organization’s valuation. The levels of debt and equity financing affect the cash flow and risk hence the amount that investors would be willing to pay for a company. Thus, Capital structure is of concern and matters to investors and value because it affects the cost of an organization’s capital. On the other hand, the organization’s attraction to investors is based on a number of factors including its risk management, competitiveness and performance in terms of return to equity. (Damodaran, 2010) In that view, ...

Organizational Culture

A nation is defined by their culture because it is a way of life for every member of that nation. Culture defines the people, their values and their vision. However, the concept of culture has be isolated to nations, countries and ethnic groups. This is not realizing that culture can be applied to the organization. It is not only nations that have people, values and vision that is distinct from the others, but corporations as well. Should one care to take a closer glimpse at the structure of the organization, one could be able to single out the different elements that ...

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Introduction Investment activity is risky, as a rule, long-term investment of resources in certain assets with a view to profit. Investments can be divided into real and financial. Real investments are investments in physical capital (current assets, fixed assets, construction, etc.) and intangible (education, advertising, etc.) assets. Financial investments represent investments in the acquisition of financial assets (securities). For many investors, the priority investment is just the financial investment, since it provides them with endless possibilities. Of course, what would be the most efficient disposition of capital, you need ...