Zurich Middle East Life has announced the appointment of Walter Jopp as its new Chief Executive Officer, thus marking a significant milestone in the company’s ongoing commitment to strengthening its presence and long term strategy in the Middle East region.
The Middle East is on track to attracting more than $100 billion annually in strategic capital expenditure by 2026, spread across oil and gas, renewable energy, healthcare, digital infrastructure and manufacturing, said a report. The Middle East’s oil and gas sector remains a market anchor.
Worldwide total air cargo revenues surged by 3% in 2025 to their highest level since the exceptional Covid pandemic years of 2021 and 2022, thanks largely to a further significant year-on-year rise in chargeable weight to a new record full-year level, according to the latest figures from WorldACD Market Data.