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INTERVIEW WITH

FADI ABU NAHL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,

TRUST INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE

AND REINSURANCE COMPANY

When you come to the those ethics and seem to
in
Trust have merely refined the
Tower
Manama in Bahrain, values that Trust Re was
you detect a very initially built on. We feel
positive and dynamic
today in 2009 that we have
atmosphere. The staff
a duty to serve our clients
is young and they
and stakeholders with the
come from all over the
same passion that we have
world -- a small United
always had and will
Nations some might endeavour to accommoda-
say with more than
te comfortably all queries
twenty
different
that are posed.
nationalities. They all
share the same values Today, Trust Re Bahrain
of hard work and
has grown to a very full
integrity, thanks to
operation encompassing
their efforts and those
key principles and visions
of the young CEO who
that will take us forward to
has created this
become the "Regional
atmosphere. Reinsurer of Choice".
Trust
International
has
become one of the key
Q. What is the differen-
players in the insuran-
ce
between
re-
ce and reinsurance remember region. The simple inten- insurance
every-
and
market in the Middle body's birthday tion was to launch a normal insurance?
East and elsewhere. buying presents, etc. company in a country
They are now present One could really say where barriers of entry The 'insurance" industry,
in thirteen countries that he is the type of were acceptable and you as a whole, is a very vast
and they are aiming to boss that many dream could build a network of arena of micro and macro
expand further, so you about coming across contacts and affiliates to operations that shape the
should definitely bear at least once in their serve your portfolio. It way clients deal with their
the name in mind. professional lives. So, started as a small operation everyday proceedings. It is
leaving the floor to with only a handful of important
to
note,
We had the chance of Fadi clients amassed through however, that the core
meeting Fadi Abu personal dealings and underlying business model
NahI, the young CEO Q. Could you tell us a recommendations. As the of both the insurance and
of Trust International, little about Trust Res years went by and as we reinsurance sub-industries
in his Bahrain office to background? got closer to the millen- are common. These are
learn more about this nium, the true potential of directly
to
linked
success story. Meeting Trust Re was started in a privately owned supporting risk on behalf
Fadi is like meeting a 1989 by our group chair- organization became clear of individuals and corpora-
good friend; he has a man, Ghazi Abu Nahi, as to us, as well as the tions and offering a hedge
heart of gold and has an insight into the importance of key personal against any potential losses
the gift of making insurance and reinsurance values and ethics. Today, or claims. Trust Re
people feel comforta- sector with a company we are proud to say that in Bahrain is a fully fledged
ble in his company. He serving the needs of clients our twentieth anniversary reinsurance operation; this
is a comprehensive in the Arab/African and year we are still working means that we offer
boss who tries to eventually the Asian within the framework of insurance for insurance
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