Category Archive For "Insurance"
Dubai medical insurance options for American expats
If you’re an American, you may not always feel welcome in the world. In some places, perhaps even most likely within the Middle East region, this can led to American expats downplaying their nationality. Americans in the Middle East that have uttered the phrase, “Me? No. I’m Canadian,” will be happy to know that that …
The most important things to think about when renewing insurance
With private medical insurance plans almost exclusively being one-year contracts, renewing insurance is an annual task for all consumers. Some policies will have an auto-renew function that can make the process simple but sometimes this isn’t always the best choice for the insured. If you miss your renewal deadline, you’ll find yourself uninsured and liable …
We’ve updated our Privacy Policy
As of May 25, the EU’s data privacy regulation will be enforceable. This has prompted many companies around the world to update or modify their own Privacy Policies and now it is our turn to announce our newly updated Privacy Policy. In this article we will take a look at the new data privacy law …
New health insurance law announced for Dubai
The mandatory health insurance law in Dubai have been in place for a few years now and has for all intents and purposes launched the Emirate down the path to not only a healthier society but also a society with world-class medical care. Of course, for this change to happen the law around healthcare and …
Hearing loss in Dubai: How to cover its costs
In Dubai, we make good use of our senses on a daily basis: We see the beautiful architecture of the Burj Khalifa. We feel the sun, sand, and water on our skin as we enjoy the Emirate’s beaches. We smell and taste delicious local dishes like stuffed camel and shawarma. And, last but not least, …
Health insurance and portability: what happens when you leave Dubai?
Dubai’s mandatory insurance laws have more or less ensured that every resident, expats included, have adequate health insurance. The thing is, with so many foreigners living here, you do see a fairly high turnover. If you are coming to the end of your time in the UAE you may now be wondering what happens to …
Do Brits need expat health insurance in Dubai?
If you have spent any time in Dubai it is highly likely that you have run across a fair number of Brits in the Emirate. In fact, it has been estimated that as many as 240,000+ Brits live in the UAE. While Dubai is great for employment, many British expats love to spend some or …
6 tips for finding the best corporate insurance brokers
Whether your business is a brand new start up or a long established multinational corporation, there are simply some hoops that need to be jumped through on a regular basis to keep it running in Dubai. You have operational costs, employee pay, annual tax filings, government inspections, and other regulations to deal with on an …
5 tips for finding health insurance for kids
In the modern age, raising a child the right way is perhaps more of a complicated task than ever before. To form a well rounded child that is well attuned to the world in which we live, it takes more than just sending them off to school and waiting 18 years. Now people must take …
6 steps to avoiding hefty group health insurance premium increases
In our experience, uncertainty around group health insurance premium increases are by far one of the top insurance-related issues companies in Dubai struggle with. While steady rate increases are inevitable, we’ve seen cases in the past where a company’s health insurance rose to unaffordable levels upon renewal. In one case, a company was recently quoted …
