GIG Gulf named Health Insurer of the Year at the 2025 MENA II Awards for the third time
This recognition highlights GIG Gulf's ongoing commitment to delivering innovative, customer-focused health insurance solutions tailored to the unique needs of the MENA region. With a strong emphasis on simplifying healthcare access, leveraging cutting-edge digital tools, and providing unmatched service excellence, GIG Gulf continues to lead the way in redefining the insurance experience. Our ambition and commitment to enhancing customer and member wellbeing is amplified through our tailored wellbeing offerings and insights gathered from our inaugural regional wellbeing survey launched in October 2024. This report empowers us to gain deeper insights into our customers' needs, enabling the development of impactful programs tailored to meet them.
Paul Adamson, CEO of GIG Gulf, commented on the achievement:
'Winning the Health Insurer of the Year award for the third time is a testament to our dedication to putting our customers at the heart of everything we do. It reflects our relentless focus to understand customer needs and develop tailored healthcare and wellbeing solutions to build trust with our members across the region. This recognition follows our recent appointment to PI (Preferred Insurance) Status by the Dubai Health Insurance Corporation (DHIC), which serves the medical insurance needs of the Lower Salary Band (LSB) segment. It marks a significant milestone in our commitment to delivering exceptional insurance solutions and expanding access to quality healthcare to a broader segment of the UAE population.'
In addition to this win, GIG Gulf was also nominated for Cyber Insurance Provider of the Year and Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year. The company's excellence in these categories was further recognized with a commendation, highlighting its continued efforts to provide comprehensive, innovative, and reliable solutions for its customers in an ever-evolving risk landscape.
The MENA II Awards, widely regarded as a benchmark of excellence in the insurance industry, recognize organizations that demonstrate exceptional performance, innovation, and impact. GIG Gulf's achievement reaffirms its position as a trusted health insurance partner, offering cutting-edge benefits and services that prioritize both individuals and businesses.
As GIG Gulf celebrates this momentous milestone, the company remains committed to empowering our customers with the confidence to protect what matters most ensuring their health, well-being, and peace of mind.
ABOUT GIG GULF
GIG Gulf is part of the Gulf Insurance Group (GIG), the #1 largest regional composite insurer with companies in Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Its reported consolidated assets stand at US$3.8 billion as of 31 December 2023.
GIG Gulf is an 'A' rated regional insurer with a top 5 position in each of its markets. GIG Gulf has been present in the GCC region for over 70 years with a strategic focus on both growth and investments and is a 1-stop shop offering a wide range of insurance products and services that cater to a broad variety of needs for corporates, SMEs, and individual customers throughout UAE, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. GIG Gulf also owns a 50% stake in GIG Saudi.
GIG Gulf is a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, a holding company headquartered in Toronto, Canada, which, through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and the associated investment management.
With a workforce of over 800 employees across 12 branches and retail shops region-wide and over 1 million customers, GIG Gulf is a caring partner that encourages customers to achieve their goals and live an inspiring and fulfilling life. Obsessed with customer feedback and continuously evolving to become the region's digital insurer of reference, GIG Gulf is also focused on making a difference for customers, partners and communities through strong CSR commitments.
Recognised as a leading insurance brand, GIG Gulf has been winning several awards for its quality of services and products, most recently winning, The Health Insurer of the Year award by MENAIR 2023 Award, The Middle East Leadership Awards and received the ISO 2700 Certificate.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
GIG:
Hayley Clements
Regional Communication Manager
Hayley.clements@gig-gulf.com
WEBER SHANDWICK:
Karan Narsinghani
Senior Account Manager
KNarsinghani@webershandwick.com
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