Wednesday 10, March 2010 by
Bahrain's financial sector posts 1.5 per cent growth in employment
The main driver of job growth was the non-bank financial sector (comprising insurance firms, money brokers, money changers, investment advisory, capital market broking companies and the Bahrain Stock Exchange) which added 851 new jobs, an increase of 19.6 per cent, taking the number to 5,191 employees. Job growth in the insurance sector hit 10.6 per cent to 1,524 jobs from 1,378 in 2008.
