Pacific Prime Dubai: Making yarn wigs to empower children with cancer

This October, a truly unique team-building activity took place. Pacific Prime Dubai joined forces with two local charities, Companies for Good and The Mawada Project, to spend a day making yarn wigs that will be later donated to children with cancer in the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Egypt. The Pacific Prime Dubai teams not …

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Announcing our 2019 Cost of International Health Insurance in Dubai Report

It is Pacific Prime’s pleasure to announce the latest and highly coveted Cost of International Health Insurance in Dubai Report of 2019. Our expert consultants and researchers have put together a free downloadable report that extensively covers the cost of international health insurance in 2019. The report provides a comprehensive look at the average cost …

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Check out Pacific Prime Dubai’s latest State of Health Insurance report

The second edition of Pacific Prime Dubai’s State of Health Insurance report is finally here! And this time around it comes with a slight upgrade, however, the core elements are still intact. This edition of the SOHI report features exclusive new content sections entirely dedicated to trends in the global insurance market. On top of …

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UAE issues new health data protection law

Everyone in this world produces data in one way or another through online and offline activities. While some data only reveals our habits and behaviors, other specific data, such as health data,  contains more sensitive and confidential personal information. In this information age, it is getting increasingly common for insurance providers, clinics and hospitals to …

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How does the new regulation in Abu Dhabi enhance local healthcare?

Effective from 1 September 2018, the Department of Health (DoH) in Abu Dhabi has introduced a new mechanism to mandate dispensing of generic medicines. This move is aimed at enhancing patients’ access to effective medicines, encouraging the use of generic medications, and opening new gates for the local pharmaceutical industry. This new regulation has naturally …

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Pacific Prime releases new medical insurance report on inflation

Ever since 2014 and the implementation of major healthcare reforms in Dubai, people in the Emirate have become more familiar with the world of health insurance than ever before. Employers across the board have had to educate themselves on group health insurance plans in order to be compliant with the mandatory health insurance provision set …

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3 key highlights from our 2018 Workplace Wellness Seminar

On January 17 2018, our Corporate Business Development Manager, Mirka Strano, hosted a seminar on workplace wellness at the Pullman Hotel Jumeirah Lakes Towers in Dubai. Co-sponsored by Allianz, we were excited to have a venue full of HR directors, managers, and educators, along with top industry leaders, for a day of in-depth learning, exploring …

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Using price comparison websites for your health insurance needs

By now, everyone will have had at least one experience of shopping online. We’re in a digital age, and sites like eBay and Amazon have helped make purchasing consumer goods and services via the internet as common as having a smartphone. Online aggregation sites have also become widespread; think Webjet for flights, Trivago for hotels, …

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Welcome to the Pacific Prime Dubai Blog

Pacific Prime is proud to announce that we have recently launched our latest brand: Pacific Prime Dubai. Leveraging our global experience and partnership with our regional partner, UAE Medical Insurance, we are pleased to be bringing our high level of service and in-depth industry knowledge to Dubai. On this blog we will be posting Dubai-related insurance articles with …

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