Hisham Radwan, general manager of Aetna, Middle East and Africa region, spoke to Sinchita Mukherjee on issues ranging from fraud, healthcare inflation, reforms and more. Being one of the leading insurance providers, how does Aetna deal with fraudulent cases? Insurance fraud is prevalent in the industry. The percentage of cases...
Jerome Droesche, CEO, AXA Gulf spoke to Premium about medical underwriting and inclusions and exclusions of a typical health insurance policy. WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS PARAMETERS, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED BY INSURERS WHILE EXTENDING COVER TO PRE-EXISTING DISEASE CONDITIONS LIKE: » Diabetes » Cardio Vascular Disease » Asthma » High Uric...
Srinivasan Vaidyanathan, Chartered Insurer – Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer, Liabilities and Financial Lines at ADNIC speaks to Premium about his observations regarding Medical Malpractice. According to the law of negligence, professionals such as lawyers, doctors, accountants, architects and others are included in the category of persons professing some special skill....
Takaful products help people build their savings and protect them against the economic hardships of bereavement, ill-health, unemployment and can play a multi-faceted role in the socio-economic picture. But is that it? Owing to the needs of the market, Takaful operators have pioneered innovative suite of Takaful travel insurance products,...
Schuyler D’Souza, Country Manager, Credit Insurance at Orient Insurance PJSC (UAE) and GCC Head of Atradius, is one of the heavy-hitters of the credit insurance fraternity. In conjunction to the UAE’s well-documented tailwinds, Sinchita Mukherjee from Premium engages in a tête-à-tête to know his opinion on the prospects of credit...
Joe Herrador, Officer-in-charge at Maritime Liason Office (MARLO), Bahrain speaks to Sinchita Mukherjee from Premium about following best practices for ensuring safety in the waters. He addresses issues related to piracy and offshore oil spills. PIRACY: For the past five years, the international community has made significant progress to fight...
Sinchita Mukherjee from Premium speaks with Peter Hodgins, Partner, Clyde & Co, to get an insight on the operational differences between the Takaful models and discusses the scope of its regulation being unified across the GCC. Takaful is essentially insurance which is compliant with the Sharia laws. The premium paid...
Michael Gertsch, CEO of Gulf Re- a homegrown reinsurer, speaks to Sinchita Mukherjee and reminisces about moments from his exciting journey through five years of operation. Please tell us about yourself, have you always been a part of the (re)insurance fraternity? What brings you to Dubai? I have been...
In a tête-à-tête with Khalil Eid, General Manager and SEO, QBE, Dubai, Sinchita Mukherjee from Premium shares his outlook about the future prospects of the Middle East market and how insurance is heavily linked to its economy. KHALIL EID, GENERAL MANAGER AND SEO, QBE, DUBAI Please give us a brief...
Banks are awash with money and want to lend more to people to spend. Nowadays, competitiveness becomes selfishness to the point where it is in the bank’s interest that people borrow and the economy thus improves. If you were to analyse the economies of the developed countries, most of them...
