“Working in government institutions enhances national loyalty, and innovation contributes to developing competitiveness in government services.” A vision shared by young citizen Maryam Al Sulaimani, who works as director of the Registration and Licensing Office at the Insurance Authority, stressing that the insurance sector plays a pivotal role in strengthening the economic sector in the country.

Al-Sulaymani told Emirates Today: “I graduated from the Emirates University’s College of Administration and Economics with a specialization in statistics, and I enrolled in many management and professional courses in the insurance field throughout my period of work, and currently I am planning to study an MBA.”

Operation station

She added, “The Insurance Authority is considered the first practical station for me, as my career began in the Statistics Department, then I was assigned to head the department, and within five years, with the cooperation of the work team, we were able to develop the insurance statistical work system according to best practices, and in 2013, in line with With the directions of e-government, an electronic statistical system has been designed for insurance data for the country’s insurance sector.

License and registration

In 2014, she was assigned to the Licensing and Registration Administration, which is the department concerned with the following tasks:

- Licensing and listing insurance companies and related professions such as: insurance brokers, insurance agents, disclosure and damage assessment experts, actuaries insurance consultants, and health insurance claim management companies.

À Implementing the points system for Emiratization in the insurance sector, according to the decision of the Council of Resettlement Strategy in the financial and banking sectors issued in 2015, and the decision is based on qualitative rather than quantitative localization, according to the insurance business of the company, so that companies are awarded points in several ways, the most important of which is: investing in training Qualifying citizens, employment in technical rather than administrative departments, and adopting a strategy for Emiratization by the company’s senior management, in addition to appointing new citizens, it is worth noting that the decision is flexible and fair, based on calculating points on the insurance business of the company , The higher the company’s business, the higher the target points

- Follow-up on reports and documents that insurance companies and professions must provide the Authority with, such as: insurance policies, agreements, and financial statements related to the essential disclosures of companies and professions associated with insurance.

Training of workers in the sector, in cooperation with accredited international institutes in this regard.

Innovation strategy

She said that in order to achieve the country's innovation strategy, after the launch of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in 2015 as the Year of Innovation, I was assigned the duties of President of Innovation in the Authority.

Al-Sulaymani explained: “Working in government institutions enhances national loyalty, and I am proud to work for the Insurance Authority, one of the distinguished government financial institutions in the country, which has a prominent footprint at the Gulf, Arab, regional and global levels, in addition to having a clear strategy and vision concerned with developing and organizing the sector, according to the best Global practices, in addition to a stimulating, developmental and supportive work environment that supports employee performance. ”

She explained: "Success is to start from where the others ended, as ambition has no ceiling, so I hope that I will have an effective footprint in achieving the country's strategy, and that it will get the number one in the field of innovation."

Regarding the advice that she directed to young people to enable them in the labor market, Al-Sulaimani said: “I advise the youth to read the march of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, and the book (Reflections on Happiness and Positive) by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President The country is the Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, as these books are distinguished by entrenching a culture (not to the impossible), and yes to creating an ambitious environment, and a happy society with government management.