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QATAR INSURANCE Base-Qatar HQ-Doha Overview Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) is a publicly listed composite insurer with a history of 50 years and an underwriting footprint across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Founded in 1964, QIC was the first domestic insurance company in the State of Qatar. QIC is the market leader in Qatar and a dominant insurer in the GCC and MENA regions. QIC is the largest insurance company in the MENA region. It is listed on the Qatar Exchange and has a market capitalization of USD 4 billion. Over the last 50 years, QIC has successfully transitioned from a domestic insurance company into a regional operation with companies and branches in various GCC countries and has now transformed into a group of companies with an international reach. QIC is a trusted insurance partner to businesses and individuals both locally and regionally and is now spreading its wings globally beyond the regions. QIC International was set up in 2007 and Qatar Insurance Group was set up in 2008.Q Life and Medical Insurance Company was set up in 2011 and QIC (Europe) was set up in 2014. Q-Life & Medical is a specialist subsidiary set up in 2011 in Qatar to offer life and health insurance. Initially, it only offers life and group medical coverage to corporate customers. The plan is to offer health and life cover to individuals. It aims to attain and retain customers with high-valued life & health insurance products and services .The ambition is to offer group, creditor and mortgage life insurance and health insurance. At present it only operates in Qatar. Other countries will follow. Customer numbers QIC has thousands of individual and business customers.