The provision of comprehensive health benefits for employees will become a top priority for UAE organisations in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research from Aetna International. The pandemic has changed livelihoods and lives in one large sweep since the first discovery of the Coronavirus. Overall, there is greater...
The General Arab Insurance Federation (GAIF) inspected the role of intermediaries in a digital world in a recent webinar. A Premium report. The role of brokers or intermediaries has always been discussed, more so in the context of digital transformation in the current political, economic and social context. The General...
Hatim Maskawala and Affrah Khalid look at strategies that can benefit health insurance in a post-COVID-19 era. The Year 2020 has been a challenging year for individuals, industries, and geographies. The pandemic, which in insurance jargon is a one in 100-year event, has created turmoil that has resonated globally and...
Gaenor Jones reflects on the unprecedented challenges of 2020 and the role of the CII in assisting the profession to meet them. As with the majority of business and commerce sectors, there is no doubt that for the insurance sector, 2020 will be remembered as a year of extraordinary challenges....
The second annual Motor Insurance Conference organised by the Emirates Insurance Association focused on digital transformation in pricing and claims management. A Premium report. The Emirates Insurance Association recently organised its virtual event of the Annual Motor Insurance Conference. This year the theme selected for the conference revolved around ‘Digital...
The seventh Annual Health Insurance Conference focused on the productive continuity of the health insurance sector. A Premium report. The Emirates Insurance Association organised the seventh Annual Health Insurance Conference for the insurance industry within the UAE. Delivering the patronage speech, Hamad Al Mehyas, vice chairman of the EIA and...
A panel of actuaries recently discussed the future of health insurance at a webinar organised by RGA Middle East. A Premium report. A high-level discussion on the future of health insurance and the impact of the pandemic yielded multiple viewpoints from representatives of the actuarial fraternity at a webinar held...
The General Arab Insurance Federation’s latest webinar focused on reinsurance in the Arab region and renewal prospects of the next year. The third webinar organised by the General Arab Insurance Federation (GAIF) centred on the topic “Reinsurance in the Arab region: Current competition and renewal prospects for 2021”. Introducting the...
Speakers at the second Annual Middle East Healthcare Financing Summit stressed on the importance of moving on to value based care plans sustained by digitalisation and data analysis. Experts in the insurance, pharmaceutical and health care sectors came together to discuss innovation and technology in health care that centred around...
As cyber attacks become more targeted and disruptive, the need for specialist risk transfer and loss mitigation advice has never been more important, explain Ailbhe Storan and Alexander Blom. With the continuous growth of computing power, IT has been at the core of most organisations’ investments over the last few...
