Building on the success of the last four editions, the 5th Annual Middle East and Africa Insurance Summit will bring the leaders of the insurance industry together under one roof to to brainstorm on solutions that will achieve the vision to have a regulated, consolidated and lucrative business model in the dynamic and ever-growing insurance sector.

Middle East and Africa promises astounding growth and potential in the Insurance sector with the Middle East witnessing a rapid trend of mandatory health insurance in major countries along with an increased awareness for product innovations and enhancing the distribution channels.

Robin Ali, Consultant- Health Funding Department - Dubai Health Authority, in his session at the summit will focus on the need for regulations in insurance in order to protect the consumers, with emphasis on current trends in health Insurance in the region, perspective of DHA in protecting consumer rights in insurance and future action plan by DHA.

Further to the recent regulation of the “Compulsory Health Insurance law for all Dubai residents”, Aftab Hassan, CEO at Arya Insurance Brokerage will address the audience and clarify most frequestly asked doubts in regards with the same. These queries include* The objectives of the new health insurance law of Dubai.
* Who will pay for coverage?
* What type of health insurance plan must an employer or other sponsor provide?
* Who can provide health insurance cover?
* Where can employers buy health insurance?

His Excellency Eng. Saleh Al Dhahiry, Chairman - Emirates Insurance Association, will present on “ The dynamic insurance sector of the Middle East - updates for the year and future vision”, in his key note presentation at the summit.

One of the highlights of the summit is the TAKAFUL PANEL, titled as “Analysis and overview of the current market on takaful”. The industry experts joining this panel include Mohammed El Dishish, CEO - Emirates Re; Oussama Kaissi, CEO - Watania; Javed Abbasi, Director - GISBA.

Over the two days of the summit, participants will witness knowledge-sharing speaker presentations, CEO Panels, exclusive technical session, and explore indepth networking opportunity with the region's industry peers.