VOL. XLI

No. 12

23-March-1998

KUWAIT

Two Insurance Firms To Merge In Kuwait

Two of Kuwait's biggest insurance firms announced on 15 March that they will merge,without disclosing any time-frame for the merger. The Bahrain Insurance Company andNational Insurance Company said they will form the Bahrain National Insurance Company withan authorized capital of BD20mn ($53mn), of which BD8.5mn ($22.5mn) is paid-in capital.The merger is still subject to approval by the Bahraini Government and the...