Dubai Insurance Company and William Russell launch expatriate health insurance, life and income protection plans

The plans are underwritten by Dubai Insurance Company and administered by William Russell. The range includes the GlobalHealth expatriate health insurance plans, GlobalLife, life insurance protection for individuals, and GlobalIncome Protection, which provides a regular income if an expatriate is unable to work due to illness or injury.

Corporate GlobalHealth plan members will have access to an expanding network of clinics, hospitals and pharmacies across the Gulf through specialist claims administrator Neuron. There is also the option of being able to add valuable employee benefits such as group life, travel, accident and long term disability insurance protection.

Abdellatif Abuqurah, General Manager, Dubai Insurance Company says "The expatriate workforce in Dubai and throughout the GCC is vital to the continued success and development of the region. We see a real need for a range of specialist protection policies designed to meet the needs of small to medium sized businesses and individual expatriates. We are delighted to be working with William Russell with their reputation as one of the leading protection specialists in the expatriate market to offer a range of plans to expatriates and employers of expatriate workers throughout the region."

Peter Hogg, Chief Executive Officer, Neuron says:
"When someone is ill, the last thing they need to worry about is finding a clinic or hospital, and how they are going to pay. We offer corporate GlobalHealth members peace of mind with cashless access to medical care within our expanding GCC network, and the freedom to have their treatment outside the network if they prefer.

"The combination of Dubai Insurance Company, William Russell and Neuron gives small to medium sized expatriate employers access to an excellent health insurance product for their workforce."

James Cooper, Sales Director, William Russell says "Choosing to live and work in the Gulf provides expatriates with tremendously rewarding career and lifestyle opportunities, but they do need to make sure that they have the right insurance to financially protect their income and the security of their families in the event of illness, injury or even death.

"Our GlobalHealth plans offer employers and individuals choice and flexibility and the freedom to choose where they have their medical treatment. This ranges from our Elite Platinum plan which provides the widest international cover possible with high-value benefit for maternity care, routine and complex dental treatment, and regular preventive health screening, to the more regional cover offered by our Essential plan range. In addition the GlobalLife and GlobalIncomeProtection plans offer high value protection against death, and loss of earnings due to illness or accident.

"All our plans are portable when an expatriate moves from country to country, giving them the level of flexibility and international cover they need to protect their standard of living into the future.

"Dubai Insurance brings over 38 years experience in underwriting insurance risks in the UAE and it provides expatriates with the assurance that their policies are underwritten by one of the leading and most respected companies in the region."