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IRDAI to study health product feasibility for life insurers

AMAN joins DHA PI list

Dubai Islamic Insurance & Reinsurance Company PJSC (AMAN) has announced that it has been awarded Participating Insurer (PI) status by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) with effect from January 1, 2022. AMAN’s qualification as a ‘Participating Insurer’ makes it one of the few insurance companies in the UAE that can...

Nphies platform joins more than 140 entities

The National Platform for Health and Insurance Exchange Services (NPHIES) in the Council of Health Insurance has completed its first phase of governance of health insurance sector and completed about 8.4 million processes among more than 140 entities. The linkage rate in the health insurance sector through NPHIES was about...

Shaheen: Claims amount to OMR62,373 million

Comprehensive reports by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) on claims and compensations with regard to the tropical cyclone ‘Shaheen’ have suggested that the volume of claims amounted about OMR62,373 million so far through the registration of more than 9,800 claims distributed over a number of the wilayats affected by the tropical...

Dubai unifies govt health cover schemes

Dubai has unified all government health insurance systems under one umbrella known as Enaya. The unification covers Saada insurance, and other government insurance programs. According to the new decision, there will be one insurance for all Government of Dubai employees, the Enaya insurance. The beneficiaries of Enaya, the unified government...

Insurance Committee reviews law

Qatar Chamber’s Insurance Committee recently held a meeting to review Law No 22 of 2021 on the regulations of healthcare services in the country. The meeting was presided over by Qatar Chamber chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani, who is also chairperson of the committee, in the presence of Adviser...

CPU members to receive national insurance

The National Social Security Fund (CNSS) of Morocco has announced that retailers, artisans and other professionals registered on the Single Professional Contribution system (CPU), will now benefit from the country’s Mandatory Health Insurance (AMO). Contributions for beneficiaries of the CPU will be retracted starting this December, the CNSS said in...

CBB: Sector shows positive results in H1 2021

The Central Bank of Bahrain announced that the insurance industry has shown positive results for the six months ended 30 June 2021, with general insurance business (including Medical insurance business) contributing 79 percent to the gross premiums. The growth in insurance business from the previous year has been strongest for...

CCHI launches nphies platform

The Council of Health Insurance and the National Health Information Center, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, launched nphies platform to facilitate the exchange of health information for patients. As an interest of the Council of Health Insurance to ensure the importance for the entities to follow the integration...

Cigna, University of Manchester sign pact

The University of Manchester Middle East Centre and Cigna Insurance Middle East have signed an agreement to collaborate on the promotion of higher education, research and professional networking across the joint communities in the region. The University of Manchester’s Strategic Talent Partnership (STP) programme provides a framework for mutual networking...

MOFA, DHA hold telemedicine workshop

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Dubai Health Authority conducted a virtual training workshop with the Ministry’s Emirati employees in the UAE embassies and consulates across various countries of the world, in order to introduce the Doctor for Every Citizen telemedicine consultation service. The workshop is...

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