Minister of Health Nathir Obeidat recently said that a proposal was currently being considered to introduce universal healthcare insurance in Jordan. The minister...

AXA Green Crescent Insurance Company P.J.S.C. (GCIC) has formed a partnership with insurance comparison platform Policybazaar. With a focus on insurance inclusiveness...

The General Arab Insurance Federation (GAIF) inspected the role of intermediaries in a digital world in a recent webinar. A Premium report....

Hatim Maskawala and Affrah Khalid look at strategies that can benefit health insurance in a post-COVID-19 era. The Year 2020 has been...

Changing needs of the policyholder in a post-COVID world needs careful consideration from an insurance perspective, writes Shivash Bhagaloo. Regulatory sandboxes are a recent trend. The idea of a ‘sandbox’...

Cyber liability emanating from network security breach ranks among the top two business risks in the world, writes Sagar Sanyal. The multidimensional facets of a single successful cyber attack have...

Dr. Ihsan Al Marzooqi tells Premium how GluCare, an integrated Diabetes centre, can provide value to the health care system. The management of chronic disease has been a top priority in the cost management programs of payers and providers. Contributing in this endeavour to manage a chronic disease such as...

Premium speaks to Umair Nizami, Group CEO, NAS and Neuron, on the recent amalgamation in shareholder ownership between the two third party administrators (TPAs). The UAE insurance industry and the wider GCC region in turn, is a hotbed of consolidation activity. Over the years many entities have been acquired or...

A doctor billed insurance companies in the names of dozens of surgeries while performing cosmetic procedures for his patients. He billed hernia surgeries for tummy tucks, deviated septum fixings for rhinoplasty and many others. The...

An insured and her daughter claimed disability injuries from playing football, falling from a ladder and snake bite. The duo claimed at different times with their insurer, citing the same claims. The insurance team investigated...

A woman struck a railing while driving on the highway, but was uninsured at the time. She went home, applied for a motor insurance policy but did not report the accident. Three weeks later she...

An insured reported a claim to his homeowner’s insurance company indicating roof damage from a storm. He submitted photos as evidence of the purported damage. When the insurers checked the metadata of the photos they...