Aetna strengthens Middle Eastern ties
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Company for Cooperation Insurance (Tawuniya) has made a strategic alliance with US-based health insurance provider Aetna to deliver healthcare benefits and services to Saudi citizens both at home and abroad, as well as foreign nationals living in the Kingdom. At a recent contract signing held in Riyadh, Aetna’s chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Bertolini said of the move: “We are delighted to collaborate with Tawuniya to provide high-quality global healthcare solutions to meet the needs of our customers and theirs. Tawuniya is a firm that shares our mission to provide easy access to cost-effective, high-quality care.” Tawuniya’s CEO Ali Subaihin reciprocated: “We are pleased to work with Aetna to offer a seamless approach to healthcare benefits for the many expatriates living in our country and for Saudi citizens whether they are home or abroad. Our arrangement with Aetna fulfils Tawuniya’s ambitious plans to provide an international medical insurance programme for our Saudi customers.”
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Company for Cooperation Insurance (Tawuniya) has made a strategic alliance with US-based health insurance provider Aetna to deliver healthcare benefits and services to Saudi citizens both at home and abroad, as well as foreign nationals living in the Kingdom. At a recent contract signing held in Riyadh, Aetna’s chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Bertolini said of the move: “We are delighted to collaborate with Tawuniya to provide high-quality global healthcare solutions to meet the needs of our customers and theirs. Tawuniya is a firm that shares our mission to provide easy access to cost-effective, high-quality care.” Tawuniya’s CEO Ali Subaihin reciprocated: “We are pleased to work with Aetna to offer a seamless approach to healthcare benefits for the many expatriates living in our country and for Saudi citizens whether they are home or abroad. Our arrangement with Aetna fulfils Tawuniya’s ambitious plans to provide an international medical insurance programme for our Saudi customers.”
Under the benefits offered by the partnership, Saudi Arabian students who choose to study in the US under scholarships provided by the Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission will be covered during the semester by Aetna, and by Tawuniya when they return home. Furthermore, the partnership enables a joint approach to global coverage for the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wherein members will have access to Aetna’s global medical network of hospitals and physicians. Both students and government employees will be served through Aetna’s Arabic-speaking call centre in Dubai. For Aetna’s clients already living in Saudi Arabia, they now have access to Tawuniya’s own hospital and medical centre network.