Aviva Setting Up Locally Compliant UAE International Health Insurance

Posted on Dec 14, 2011 by Sergio Ulloa (G+)

UK-based Aviva is moving to build a network in the United Arab Emirates to provide international health insurance products to expatriates situated on the Arabian Peninsula. Many countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are facing rising costs of healthcare, often due to a rising number of instances of lifestyle related diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Abu-Dhabi alone spends approximately AED1 billion (US$272 million) every year on healthcare costs associated with treating young diabetics at risk of suffering heart disease in the future. Read the rest of the Abu Dhabi Health Insurance article