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       7.     Composition of income                                     Investment profit constituted a major source of income to most                 8.     Distribution of business                                  Most of the business written was in Qatar, followed by other GCC
              statement                                                 QFC insurers, even offsetting some insurers’ negative underwriting                    by geography                                              countries.
                                                                        results. In the second and fourth quarters of 2017, many QFC insurers
                                                                        incurred underwriting losses due to the pricing/market challenges
                                                                        noted earlier. Investment profit contributed to 84% of the total net
                                                                        profit generated by QFC insurers over the 12-month period ending
                                                                        31 December 2017.








           100%                                                                                                                                        Q4 2017                                                          Q4 2016


            80%                                                                                                                                          90% QATAR                                                        61% QATAR

                                                                                                                                                         10% GCC                                                          39% GCC
            60%
                                                                                                                                                         0% NA                                                            0% NA
                                                                                                                                                         0% EUROPE                                                        0% EUROPE
            40%
                                                                                                                                                         0% REST OF THE WORLD                                             0% REST OF THE WORLD
        Percent  20%




             0%
                     Q1 2016      Q2 2016      Q3 2016       Q4 2016      Q1 2017       Q2 2017      Q3 2017       Q4 2017
           -20%


           -40%


           -60%


                                                 Underwriting profit      Investment profit
   75   76   77   78   79   80   81   82   83   84   85