{"id":70235,"date":"2026-06-02T11:42:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=70235"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:42:44","slug":"allied-world-expands-global-operations-to-dubai-with-regional-office-in-difc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/allied-world-expands-global-operations-to-dubai-with-regional-office-in-difc\/","title":{"rendered":"Allied World Expands Global Operations To Dubai With Regional Office In DIFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd (Allied World), a global provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions, today announced the opening of a new regional office in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). This local presence will allow Allied World to offer its insurance expertise directly to clients across the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEstablishing a regional office in <a href=\"https:\/\/dubaiverse.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dubai<\/a> marks a key milestone in our global growth strategy, giving us greater access to brokers and clients throughout the region. With our international experience and strong technical capabilities, Allied World is well-positioned to support the evolving needs of businesses in this dynamic market\u201d, said\u00a0<strong>Ed Moresco, President, Global Markets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As Allied World expands its global footprint and establishes its regional presence in Dubai, it joins one of the world\u2019s fastest\u2011growing (re)insurance centres. DIFC has further strengthened its position as a leading global (re)insurance hub, with gross written premiums exceeding USD 4.2bn in 2025, \u00a0a 20 per cent year\u2011on\u2011year increase and more than double the volumes recorded in 2022. Premiums brokered from DIFC also crossed USD 3.4bn &#8211; an increase of 14 per cent in 2025, reflecting the growing scale, sophistication and global relevance of the Centre as the region\u2019s primary platform for risk transfer, underwriting and specialist insurance solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>His Excellency Arif Amiri, Chief Executive Officer of DIFC Authority<\/strong>\u00a0said: \u201cWe are pleased to welcome Allied World to DIFC as they expand their global footprint and establish their regional presence in Dubai. Allied World brings deep international expertise and specialist insurance and reinsurance capabilities that will directly support the evolving risk management and risk transfer needs of clients across the region. Allied World\u2019s presence further strengthens DIFC\u2019s (re)insurance ecosystem and underscores our role as a trusted platform for tier\u2011one firms looking to serve the Middle East and beyond from Dubai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The continued expansion of DIFC\u2019s insurance and reinsurance ecosystem is underpinned by a diverse community of more than 135 firms spanning underwriting, reinsurance, broking, captives and specialist risk\u2011transfer activities. During 2025 and the first quarter of 2026 alone, 28 new insurance\u2011related firms were authorised at the Centre, reinforcing DIFC\u2019s role as a preferred long\u2011term base for global institutions seeking regulatory certainty, access to regional markets, and a stable environment from which to scale international operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd (Allied World), a global provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions, today announced the opening of a new regional office in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). This local presence will allow Allied World to offer its insurance expertise directly to clients across the Middle East. \u201cEstablishing a regional office in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70237,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70235\/revisions\/70237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}