Investor visa Abu Dhabi /UAE - Healh Insurance mandatory

[Topspin]

Hey guys,

Is it still mandatory to have a locally approved health insurance (HAAD) for Abu Dhabi to keep investor visa ? at 40 years old, the price is ridiculously high knowing that I don't live there and I won't use it.
Do they accept other alternatives ?

Thanks

 

[toums]

I think if you dont live there you can just take any approved basic insurance through this website : insurancemarket.ae

Mostly probably you can find something around 500$ a year..

 

[Topspin]

Thanks for your reply. That’s the issue.. once your hit 40 years old (it hurts), the basic one in Abu Dhabi is around $1700.. so I thought to ask the community about any alternatives…

I read that before they used to accept any international health insurance or even better writing a letter explaining that if Al you got sick, you will pay all hospital fees…not sure if this is still valid

 

[JimBeam]

I think I pay around 1.1k AED for that at insuranceuae.com (IMED is the product)

 

[Nicholas Van Orton]

Though I could, I don't try to mix international with local insurance, just in case. I used (and still do) https://www.policybazaar.ae to check on prices and pay a bit above @JimBeam 's annually on the I-Med (from Orient) that he mentioned. There's also Takaful Emarat that offers cheap annual premiums for basic cover which, if you're healthy, is more than enough.

 

[Topspin]

Thank you guys for your responses. It looks like Orient and Takaful cost 1K USD when you need it in Abu Dhabi.. weird