Leading insurance experts felicitated at ‘Annual Health Insurance Conference & Award Ceremony 2018’
Jointly Organized by Thumbay Hospital & Gulf Medical University
Ajman, Oct 04: Thumbay Hospital & Gulf Medical University felicitated the leading experts from the UAE’s insurance sector for their contributions at the Annual Health Insurance Conference & Award Ceremony 2018 held at the Fairmont Hotel, Ajman on Thursday.
While H.E. Dr. Salem Al Darmaki, advisor to the UAE minister of health and prevention was the chief guest of the conference, Dr. Thumbay Moideen, founder president of the Thumbay Group was the guest of honor.
Mr. Akbar Moideen Thumbay, Vice President of the healthcare division of the Thumbay Group delivered the welcome speech. Addressing the gathering, Dr. Thumbay Moideen recounted the success story of the Thumbay Group from its beginnings in 1998 to a diversified international conglomerate with global presence and business activities across 20 sectors.
H.E. Dr. Salem Al Darmaki pre-launched the 500-bed Thumbay University Hospital Complex coming up at Thumbay Medicity, which will be the largest private academic hospital in the region. He presented the ‘Special Award of Honor & Recognition’ to the following insurance experts:
- Mr. Christian Gregorowicz, CEO, NextCare Health Insurance
- Ms. Marion Corbett, Director - Provider Relations, National Health Insurance Company – Daman Insurance
- Mr. Fadi Hindi, CEO, Takaful Emarat
- Mr. Jean Louis Laurent Josi, CEO, Oman Insurance
- Mr. Umair Nizami, Managing Director, Neuron LLC
- Dr. Mumtaz Hussain, General Manager, Operations, Pentacare Medical Services
- Mr. Joe Boulos, General Manager, NAS Administration Services
- Mr. Nabil Shanawani, Assistant General Manager, Al Buhaira National Insurance Company
The conference emphasized the judicious utilization of technology as an important factor in keeping the cost of healthcare delivery in check.
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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
