[8] Al-Chark (part of Misr Insurance since 2007[9]) was the first to set up an agency in Transjordan towards the end of the 1940s and was one of the first in Iraq, where Edward Fram acted as their agent from as early as 1936.

Fram was a major goods importer, exporter, makers' representative and also acted as the exclusive agent in Iraq for Selfridges, amongst other western companies.

[16] Fram also ran the Basra office of Iraq Tours, the country's first travel agency, which had Iraqi Prime Minister Tawfiq al-Suwaydi as chairman, and which played a key role in Operation Ezra and Nehemiah alongside the Near East Transport Company and the Israeli national airline El Al.[17][18] Edward Fram died in mysterious circumstances aged 50 purportedly in a car accident, a short distance from his hometown of Basra, on his return from a visit to the Hanna-Sheikh family's Abu Al-Khaseeb retreat.

However, recent research undertaken by his grandson has cast doubt on this narrative of events as the immediate family were not asked to identify his body, the remains of which apparently required dental records for verification.

According to his eldest child’s account (only 18 at the time), Edward Fram’s office was quickly cleared of all documents shortly after he was last known to be alive in the Spring of 1955.

He is also the grandfather of Michael Y Abbo, an emergency physician and assistant clinical professor at the University of California San Francisco,[25] Ayad Sarraf, former manager of Fulham Deaf FC and now club secretary,[26][27] and Sally Fram, PhD - a British cancer expert and regulatory affairs executive at AstraZeneca.