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November 8th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

In 1964 the State of Qatar had a nascent oil industry and it would have taken a visionary at that time to predict the burgeoning energy industry we now have, in all its diversity, in the first decade of the second millennium.

Doha was still very much a city dependent on the sea, looking outward to the timeless horizons. The traditional coffee shops, which have endured in the Middle East for centuries would find the older generations exchanging old news and scanning the horizon, awaiting the return of the fishing and trading dhows.

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However it was realized that Qatar would grow both commercially and industrially and would require various institutions. Insurance, as the guardian of the country’s assets, was an area where it was felt that Qatar should take the initiative, Qatar Insurance was therefore conceived and founded by the Emiri Decree, on the 11th of March 1964. The currency of Qatar at that time was the Indian Rupee and QIC’s paid up capital was Indian Rupees 1,500,000, a princely sum in those days.

In view of the importance placed by the government on the establishment of the first domestic insurance company they participated to the extent of 12%, a share that they retain to this day, The early years of our operations were transacted from what was then the heart of the souq. It was in the bustling alleyways, redolent with the pungent aromas of exotic spices and noisy, but good-natured, haggling that the lively and vibrant trade was conducted that QIC set down its roots.

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