The Sharjah Executive Council had the weekly meeting chaired by Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy...

South African insurer Sanlam Ltd may invest in Egypt in the next year, according to CEO Ian Kirk following interim results bolstered by its pan-African strategy. Reporting a 32 percent...

Husain Feroz Ali looks at the changing regulatory landscape for Unit Linked Products. Generally, when one hears about life insurance, one may...

Rajesh Pandurangan explains the need for a market agreement for recovery claims that can be used as standard operating procedure within the...

Five emerging risks have high relevance to the insurance industry according to Swiss Re’s latest Sonar report. The Swiss Re Institute recently released its Sonar report, outlining some of the...

The insurance industry is no different when it comes to transformation, making succession management critical to the business process, writes Thiru Naicker. Succession Management has topped the business agendas of...

Fadi Hindi, CEO of Takaful Emarat outlines the transformative approach taken to lend agility and competitiveness to a traditional organisation. Fadi Hindi, CEO of Takaful Emarat, is a firm believer of the benefits that technology brings an organisation. A visit to his office offers a clear statement supporting that fact:...

Premium recently spoke to Mohamed Naser Hamdan Alzaabi, director of Trade Promotion Department, UAE Ministry of Economy. What efforts are being made to encourage traders into availing of export finance facilities such as trade credit insurance? The Trade Promotion Department at the UAE Ministry of Economy endeavours to facilitate establishing and fostering strategic partnerships with key stakeholders across the board of...

A fight with an insurance company left a couple with damages to their home for more than a year and a half after a driver crashed into their home. The car crashed right through the...

A retired fridge engineer claimed for hearing loss caused by his work with his insurer. While investigating the claim, it was found that the insured was the frontman in a rock n’ roll band, while...

A man made multiple claims to different travel insurers claiming of an illness that had caused him to cancel his family holiday. He made use of fake airline tickets, bank statements and emails of hotel...

An award-winning hotelier claimed for GBP34000 in disability income owing to depression and anxiety, symptoms that were not allowing him to work. He was caught out when he was found running a hotel. He received a...