HSBC Insurance Brokers receives Qatar Financial Centre license

Notes and media contacts

About HSBC Insurance Brokers Limited:

HSBC Insurance Brokers is one of the largest international insurance broking, risk management and employee benefits organisations in the world. We are the only major insurance broker that forms part of a global banking group. As members of the HSBC Group we share an international network with offices in countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific Region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.

About HSBC Insurance:

HSBC Insurance provides policies in over 40 countries and territories to its personal, commercial, corporate, institutional and private banking customers. To meet the diverse needs of its customers worldwide, HSBC Insurance offers a wide range of products and services including life assurance, general insurance, commercial risk and retirement provision.

About Qatar Financial Centre:

The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) is a financial and business centre established by the Government of Qatar and located in Doha. It has been designed to attract international financial services institutions and major multinational corporations and to encourage participation in the growing market for financial services in Qatar and elsewhere in the region. The QFC operates to international standards and provides a first class legal and business infrastructure for those doing business within the QFC. The QFC was created by QFC Law No.(7) of Qatar and has been open for business since 1 May 2005.

For further information, kindly contact:

Greta Madgwick
Manager Corporate Communications
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
Tel: +974 4254224

Layla Salem
Senior Media Executive
Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA)
Tel: +974 4967793
Fax: +974 4967752