Central Bank of Bahrain issues rules for insurance aggregators

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Bahrain - The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has issued the final rules on “insurance aggregators”.

Abdul Rahman Al Baker, executive director of financial institutions supervision, said: “The introduction of insurance aggregator rules is a first step for the CBB towards ‘Insuretech’, a technology led transformation of the insurance sector which is rapidly gathering momentum globally.

The CBB is one of few central banks to have introduced rules relating to insurance aggregators to further enhance the position of Bahrain as a leading fintech hub in the Mena region.”

Insurance aggregators are intermediaries with an insurance broker’s licence who operate an online platform, whether hosted on an Internet website or available as a smart device application (app) which provides price comparisons and facilitates the purchase of insurance policies from several insurance licensees.

With the introduction of insurance aggregators, a customer is able to find and choose insurance quotes from several insurance companies under a single electronic platform or mobile device application, instead of obtaining quotes individually, and purchase an insurance policy online from an insurance company.

The rules are available on CBB’s website (www.cbb.gov.bh). -TradeArabia News Service

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