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Ahli United Bank to set up new JV in Bahrain

Ahli United Bank to set up new JV in Bahrain
04.03.08, 6:45 AM ET

LONDON (Thomson Financial) – Legal & General Group Plc. said it has signed an MoU with Ahli United Bank B.S.C. to set up a new joint venture company, headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The UK insurer said that the joint venture will initially offer a range of takaful life and health insurance products and pension plans to retail and corporate customers in the Gulf region.

Takaful is a form of insurance designed to provide life and non-life benefits to customers in a way that is compatible with Islamic Shariah Law, the company said.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/04/03/afx4848830.html

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TAKAFUL MALAYSIA ANNOUNCES 10% MUDHARABAH

TAKAFUL MALAYSIA ANNOUNCES 10% MUDHARABAH

PAYMENT FOR GENERAL TAKAFUL PRODUCTS (Press Release)

10% Mudharabah

Kuala Lumpur, 31st March: Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad (“STMB”) today announced a 10% Mudharabah payment for participants of its General Takaful products. Qualified participants or holders of certificates will be entitled to 10% of their adjusted net contribution as their share of the surplus sharing from the General Takaful fund.

Mudharabah payments will be made to those participants holding General Takaful Certificates that have expired on or after 1st March 2007 to 31st December 2007 with no claims being made against the certificates and provided that all payments of the contributions have been fully paid for the year concerned. The company will make subsequent declarations of Mudharabah payments for policies expiring after December 31, 2007.

Dato’ Hassan Kamil, the Group Managing Director of STMB explained, “The Mudharabah amount declared is based on the surplus position of the General Takaful Fund. For this Mudharabah payment declaration, the calculated surplus is adequate for distribution for the certificates that expired on or after 1 March 2007 to 31 December 2007.”

With the implementation of STMB’s new system and the re-engineering of its business processes, future payments for Mudharabah will be smoother. The Mudharabah feature offered by STMB is not practiced by any other Takaful operator in Malaysia. This is one added advantage that STMB offers its customers to share some of the surplus in the fund, added Dato’ Hassan.

He also added, “We also would like to update the profile of our customers since we have adopted a new operating system. Now, we have one integrated system as oppose to having several stand-alone systems previously. Participants should check and update their profiles at our offices or visit our website (participant information form) to download the customer profile forms. This exercise will enable the prompt payment of the Mudharabah to all eligible participants”.

Source: http://www.takaful-malaysia.com/V5/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=217&Itemid=1

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