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2nd Annual Health Insurance Conference Middle East & Africa

2nd Annual Health Insurance Conference

Middle East & Africa

22 – 23 May 2017
Dubai, UAE

Summary

The Middle East and African healthcare markets have experienced stable growth in the past few years with health insurance becoming one of the major industries within the economy. Rapid growth in the health insurance sector is accompanied by challenges to meet the rising expectations of policyholders and keep up with growing competition.

Attendees at the 2nd Annual Health Insurance Conference for Middle East and Africa, will have the opportunity to discuss topics such as: technological trends, operational performance, insurance accessibility and customer-centric insurance plans.

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Agenda

DAY 1

PROSPECTS FOR GROWTH

  • Focus on current state of Health Insurance in Middle East and Africa
  • The development of regulatory frameworks across the Middle East and Africa to boost the expansion of health insurance cover
  • How health insurers can improve the quality and costs of healthcare, through better analytics and interventions
  • Expanding health insurance cover across Africa
  • Healthcare business in Africa: Challenges and opportunities

TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH INSURANCE

  • Promoting E-health and mitigating Cyber threats
  • Process optimization – benefits of digitization for enhanced product development in the Middle East and Africa
  • Digitization in health insurance sector – Generali’s perspective
  • Exploring ‘Telemedicine’ and its effects on the future of healthcare and medical insurance
  • Data-driven pricing analysis in the health insurance sector

DAY 2

COST MANAGEMENT

  • Optimizing your cost effectiveness strategies for increased profitability
  • Balancing affordable insurance products with value-added services
  • Aging populations and the opportunities & challenges for health insurance providers in the Middle East and Africa
  • MEA International Private Medical Insurance (IPMI) – Medical inflation challenges
  • Establishing prompt, smooth and efficient claims management practices in Middle East and Africa

HEALTH INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION

  • Innovative distribution and sales strategies for health insurance products and services
  • Exploiting the opportunities in the lucrative expatriate health insurance sector in the Middle East
  • Development and innovation in private hospital management and healthcare for smooth insurance operation.
  • Identifying, managing and mitigating fraud in health insurance claims

Speakers

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John Luijs

Associate Director
The Boston Consulting Group, Netherlands

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George Dimitriou

Regional Head of Employee Benefits – Middle East & Africa
MetLife, UAE

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Farooq Ahmed Farid

Vice President – Technical & Strategic Support
Oman Insurance Company, UAE

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Elias R. Chedid

Deputy CEO & Chief Operating Officer
Seib Insurance & Reinsurance LLC, Qatar

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Marco Giacomelli

Head of Generali Global Health
Generali Global Health, UK

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Dr. Bilal Shirazi

Vice President – Medical Claims
Union Insurance Company, UAE

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Eric Mwangi

Medical Insurance Director
Trident Insurance, Kenya

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Anwar Harahsheh

CFO – MEA
Aetna International, UAE

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Dr. Dan Vincent Armooh

Chief Executive Officer
Acacia Health Insurance Ltd

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Clive Kinsley

Chief Operating Officer
Activus, a Cegedim Company, UK

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Cecilia Augustine

Medical Insurance Actuarial Analyst
Swiss Re Life and Health Africa Limited, South Africa

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Ibrahim Salame

Regional Development Director MENA & Cyprus
Gen Re, Lebanon

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Simon Peter Isgar

Partner
Kennedys Dubai LLP, UAE

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Tosin Awosika

Managing Director/CEO
Healthcare International, Nigeria

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Glenn Lottering

Senior Director
Oracle, The Netherlands

Sponsors

Where and when

Dubai, UAE
22 – 23 May 2017

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Said about event

“Very interesting audience, topics and network discussions”

Cegedim Insurance Solutions, France

“All was perfect, very high level of presentations and very good interactive discussions.”
Cegedim Insurance Solutions, France

“Very satisfied, it was extremely informative and the presentations were well done. The speakers were very conversant with the topics.”
Noor Takaful, UAE

“Very interactive, informative and more time received for networking”
Lifecare Hospital, UAE

Hospitality team

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Kristina Polikhronidi

Event Manager

+420 226 220 420

kristina@uni-global.eu

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Laman Abdullayeva

Conference Producer

+420 226 220 412

laman@uni-global.eu

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Marco Fico

Sales Director

+420 226 220 410

mfico@uni-global.eu