AXA Cooperative announced today, the assignment of the Sharia Review Bureau as its independent Sharia Advisor, as the insurer prepares to roll out selected Sharia compliant insurance solutions to individuals and businesses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
AXA Cooperative has been serving the Kingdom for over 30 years, with a nationwide network of shops, branches, and call centercommitted to serving individuals and corporates across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. saidGary Lewin, Chief Executive Officer at AXA Cooperative Insurance. He added, “One of the most prominent trends we’ve seen in the Kingdom is the demand for Sharia compliant solutions in the management of insurance risk policies. Our offerings will provide opportunities for businesses and communities with diverse interests and faith based needs.” “We continue to differentiate ourselves by our capacity to innovate and customise our solutions to meet the needs of our customers in the region,” concludes Gary.
Babar Ali Khan, CFO, at AXACooperative notes, “Our proven risk-based approaches, transformational focus on customer needs and commitment to innovation will allow us to deliver solutions to address our customers’ business challenges in a Sharia complaint manner – from Retailto Corporate insurance to comprehensive services to cover specific strategies for SME’s and businesses.” Speaking on the assignment of SRB, he added “I am confident that their wealth of cooperative insurance experience, reach, scale and track record in the Kingdom will help us gradually expand our insurance offering to more and more customers in the Kingdom.”
SRB is an established Sharia Advisory firm which serves 24% of the Cooperative Insurance market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It empowers organizations by outsourcing their Sharia complaint needs, from setting up Sharia Supervisory Boards to Certification, product structuring and Sharia Audits. “AXA Cooperative Insurance is another attractive addition to our portfolio of clients as we continue to expand our services in the Kingdom where we aim to be the market leaders in providing value-added Sharia Advisory solutions to reputable brands and high quality companies like AXA,” said Yasser S. Dahlawi, CEO and Founder of SRB. “We are witnessing significant opportunities in the domain of outsourcing Sharia Compliance functions by institutions in the Kingdom” he concluded.
