The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and through its Financial Services Institute, held a two-day interactive workshop for judges and advisers of the economic courts focused on the insurance sector following the issuance of the Unified Insurance Law (Law No. 155 of 2024). The programme centred on exchanging practical and legal expertise to support the handling of insurance-related disputes. The workshop was attended by the Ministry of Justice’s Assistant Minister for Specialised Courts, Tarek Harby, 36 economic court judges, and FRA leadership. FRA Chair Mohamed Farid presented the core provisions of the Unified Insurance Law, describing it as a legislative umbrella that consolidates four previously separate laws governing the insurance sector and addresses sector developments, including policies linked to regulating and digitising financial transactions and expanding the use of financial technology. The FRA also indicated it plans to issue a circular in the coming period to clarify issues related to general insurance customs that are not addressed in most laws. Sessions covered insurance supervision and oversight, the procedural and documentary framework, technical and legal insurance principles, and practical cases from compensation and dispute files, alongside briefings on the FRA’s mandate and a planned presentation on developments and executive decisions linked to the new law and its implementation. Harby called for continued cooperation between supervisory authorities and specialised courts and asked the FRA to repeat similar workshops in the coming period.

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