VOL. XLIII

No. 06

7-February-2000

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia To Open Insurance Sector To Foreign Companies

Saudi Arabian Minister of Health Usama Shubukshi, speaking on the sidelines of a seminar on the countrys medical insurance, has suggested that the sector will be opened up to foreign companies at some point. According to an article in the Arabic daily al-Hayat on 26 January, Mr Shubukshi said that in response to a law making medical insurance for expatriate workers mandatory, foreign...