Daman launches the region's first online health insurance portal

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About National Health Insurance Company - Daman:
The National Health Insurance Company - Daman, was established on 01 May 2006. Today it is the region's leading health insurance company, providing comprehensive healthcare solutions to over 1,700,000 customers in the UAE via the largest network of private hospitals and pharmacies available.

With affordable health insurance for people of all income levels, Daman offers international standard healthcare insurance cover for both individuals and companies. A 24-hour dedicated Medical Authorizations Center, staffed by a team of doctors and nurses, ensures that patient enquiries are dealt with speedily and efficiently using the most sophisticated technology available.

A second customer hotline, also open 24/7 and manned by multilingual staff, guarantees that UAE residents can access information about plans and their insurance cover whenever and wherever they want.

With an international network, Daman's customers have access to healthcare provision in 35 countries across the world depending on the terms of their personal cover.

Customers also benefit from Daman's exclusive partnerships with Assist America, the international emergency programme, and VIPmed Almeda, the international second medical opinion scheme, giving its customers special access to world-leading healthcare.

Daman was awarded 'Corporate Social Responsibility' in April 2008 and 'Best Medical Insurer of the Year' in March 2007 by INSUREX, the Middle East's leading insurance industry conference.

About Plenum:
Plenum is a leading, independent German consulting company differentiating from competitors (other globally active consulting firms) through a content-based focus and specific consulting approach. Plenum believes in customized consulting for each client and therefore in the power of know how transfer and cultural understanding.

The results plenum delivers to clients are based on typical German values as quality, efficiency and liability. Plenum's headquarter is located in Germany and established a subsidiary in Dubai Media City Freezone, UAE in 2006.

Plenum´s core competencies are those, which are necessary for clients to be successful in future markets and in so far to transform their existing organization into a modern corporate structure specialized in consultancy in areas of Marketing, Business Development, IT Optimization and Management Education. The assimilation of the customer's corporate identity in all plenum projects is a key aspect to plenum's consulting approach.

About Cognizant
Cognizant is a leading provider of information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services. Cognizant's single-minded passion is to dedicate its global technology and innovation know-how, industry expertise and worldwide resources to working together with its clients to make their businesses stronger. With more than 40 global delivery centers and approximately 61,700 employees as of December 31, 2008, Cognizant combines a unique onsite/offshore delivery model infused by a distinct culture of customer satisfaction.

By leveraging highly flexible business processes, a seamless global delivery network and deep domain expertise, Cognizant delivers a better "return on outsourcing." Cognizant is one of the first "India-centric" IT services companies to organize around key industry verticals and horizontals. This enables Cognizant to establish extremely close partnerships that foster continuous operational improvements and better bottom- line results for its clients.

A member of the NASDAQ-100 Index and S&P 500 Index, Cognizant is a Forbes Global 2000 company and a member of the Fortune 1000 and is ranked among the top information technology companies in Business Week's Hot Growth and Top 50 Performers listings.

For more information, please contact:
Ali Al Dalati
Weber Shandwick, Abu Dhabi
Tel: +9712 4494457
Fax: +9712 4494833