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Kuwait · Middle East & Gulf

Gulf Insurance Group (GIG)

Profile highlights

9 badges
  • Group spans 4 directory continents

    Fairfax: 22 markets across 4 directory continents (Asia-Pacific is one directory region). Group membership does not establish this entity’s policy availability.

  • Part of a group

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  • Group listed in 20+ markets

    Fairfax: 22 markets across 4 directory continents (Asia-Pacific is one directory region). Group membership does not establish this entity’s policy availability.

  • Composite

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  • Foreign multinational

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  • Group spans 10+ directory regions

    Fairfax: 22 markets across 4 directory continents (Asia-Pacific is one directory region). Group membership does not establish this entity’s policy availability.

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  • Internationally active insurance group

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  • Part of a listed group

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  • Listed in Asia-Pacific

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Badge criteria
CCompositeForeign multinationalIAIGGroup listedTSX: FFHVerified against the regulator register

Regional group HQ Kuwait; Fairfax control 2023; Registered as مجموعة الخليج للتأمين (Gulf Insurance Group)

Official sources

IRU regulator profile

This directory holds no official website for Gulf Insurance Group (GIG): the IRU register does not publish one and no sourced profile has been accepted. The register is the authoritative record of who is licensed.

Popularity index

Since 1 Sept 2026

97out of 100

Rank in Kuwait
1 of 32 insurers
Likely range
95–98
Confidence
Low

An estimate of how often people search Google for this insurer, from the searches in which this page appears — with automated searches removed and each day adjusted for where the page ranked. Not a rating of the insurer. How the index works

At a glance

Fairfax listed on
Toronto Stock ExchangeFFH
Class of business
CompositeLicensed to write both life and non-life business under one entity.
Parent / group
FairfaxLicensed in 9 countries, 10 entities in this directory.Ultimate parent Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is an Internationally Active Insurance Group (IAIS register), supervised group-wide by Delaware Department of Insurance, United States.
Ownership
Foreign multinationalSubsidiary of a multinational headquartered outside the continent.
Regulator
Insurance Regulatory Unit (IRU)iru.gov.kw
Local currency
KWD
Source basis
Insurance Regulatory Unit (IRU), Licensed and registered entities (الجهات المرخص لها والمقيدة) - insurance and/or reinsurance companies, national and foreign, retrieved 22 Sep 2026: 39 listed, 32 with an active practice licence
Country verification
Verified - full register · Insurance Regulatory Unit (IRU), Licensed and registered entities (الجهات المرخص لها والمقيدة) - insurance and/or reinsurance companies, national and foreign, retrieved 22 Sep 2026: 39 listed, 32 with an active practice licence
Identifiers
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