Al Alamiya receives approval to operate in Saudi Arabia

Notes and media contacts

About RSA:

RSA is one of the world's leading insurance groups, with the capability to write business in
over 130 countries and with major operations in the UK, Scandinavia, Canada, Asia, Middle
East and Latin America. Focusing on general insurance, it has around 22,000 employees
worldwide.

In KSA, Al Alamiya is equipped with a portfolio of strong commercial lines and personal lines
products. Al Alamiya offers commercial lines insurance including property all risks, marine
insurance, contractors & erection all risks insurance, etc and personal lines insurance
including motor insurance, medical insurance and HOG insurance.

The company brings together as its shareholders the Royal & SunAlliance Middle East Ltd., three prominent Saudi families and one of the Kingdom's leading banks- Riyad Bank. As a top five international insurance company in the kingdom, our major strength over the years has been our reputation for quality, integrity and professionalism. Many of our high profile Saudi customers have been with Al Alamiya since its inception in 1976 and the business has provided itself to be a good role model of international expertise and local shareholder strength.

In Asia & Middle East, RSA has its regional headquarters in Dubai with operations in 8
countries - China, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
In the Middle East, RSA has had five decades of successful operation. In 2007 and in 2008,
RSA were awarded the 'Middle East General Insurer of the Year' title by POLICY magazine.

For further information please contact:

Yasmin Adem
Account Executive
Hill & Knowlton
Tel: +966 1 288 6734/35
Fax: +966 1 288 6736
PO Box 251 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia