MENA Health Insurance Congress 2016

The MENA region is undergoing seismic changes in its health landscape, the population is growing, life expectancy is increasing, mortality rates decreasing and lifestyle diseases are on the rise. This is coupled with the drive to provide better quality care to all residents of the region. All this makes the MENA region a huge potential market for the health insurers whether the aim is to fill the gap left by public healthcare systems such as in Egypt or providing care for the UAE’s approx. 80% expatriates. Recently some GCC states have made healthcare insurance compulsory such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which might mean others are likely to follow suit including Sharjah and Kuwait. This has made the health insurance incredibly dynamic and competitive with health providers growing and pharmaceutical sales increasing. This unprecedented growth and the ever evolving regulation scene creates a dynamic environment which we all need to adapt to whether we are payers, providers, regulators or else. The MENA Health Insurance Congress is a strategic platform for stakeholders to discuss and collaborate on regulation, policy pricing, medical inflation, pharmaceutical cost, claims management, fraud and more.