More than 700 delegates are expected for 9th MultaQa Qatar

More than 700 senior business and reinsurance market leaders from some 30 countries will attend the 9th annual MultaQa Qatar conference, which will be held from March 8.The two-day conference, co-hosted by the Qatar Central Bank and the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority, will feature keynote addresses by HE the Finance Minister Ali Sherif al-Emadi and HE the QCB Governor Sheikh Abdulla bin Saud al-Thani. On MultaQa’s impact on the region’s rapid business development, Shashank Srivastava, QFC Authority chief executive officer said, “Over the past nine years, MultaQa has successfully established itself as the region’s leading risk and reinsurance platform. MultaQa is the go-to conference for the region’s top insurance executives to share their knowledge and experience, while conducting business meetings benefiting the market and contributing to Qatar’s regional thought leadership.” Srivastava said the QFC Authority continued to support development of local knowledge and skills with the launch at MultaQa of a project to translate insurance texts into Arabic.“The development of a robust insurance industry is key to the goal of creating a competitive, diversified economy in Qatar. Arabic language business texts contribute vitally to the knowledge-base that necessarily underpins such an endeavour,” he added.The 9th edition of MultaQa will also feature an essay competition, organised by GR magazine and the QFC Authority to engage with and support young regional talent. Reinsurance professionals from across the region can discuss issues facing the industry and provoke debate and intelligent analysis on the future of reinsurance in the Mena (Middle East and North Africa) region.  The winning article will be selected by a panel of leading business and reinsurance executives and will be published in the summer issue of GR magazine. Over the conference’s duration, delegates from around the world will participate in a diverse range of panel discussions, bilateral business meetings and networking opportunities that will highlight key trends and strategic issues vital to the insurance industry’s growth in Qatar and the region.