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Saudi health insurer Enaya assigns Dr Mohammed Al Dar as chief executive for six months

Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance has assigned Dr Mohammed Abdullah Al Dar as chief executive for six months from 21 October, after the Insurance Authority issued a non-objection, Middle East Insurance Review reported on 28 October, citing a Tadawul disclosure. Al Dar has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare and insurance. The sources do not say what arrangement will follow the six-month term.

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In context: this report covers a source published on 28 Oct 2026.

Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance Company has a new chief executive on a time-limited basis. A company disclosure on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul), quoted by Middle East Insurance Review on 28 October, says the Insurance Authority issued its non-objection to Dr Mohammed Abdullah Al Dar holding the post for six months, effective 21 October.

Al Dar comes to the role from the provider side of healthcare as well as from insurance; the publication credits him with more than 25 years in leadership posts across both sectors. He has run Accumed Saudi Arabia as chief executive and served as chief operating officer of Care Medical Company, and the report says he founded the first Saudi company focused on health tourism.

The appointment follows a period of interim leadership. Argaam reported in February 2026 that Nasr Al-Din Baba had become acting chief executive in February 2025, after Sultan Abdulrauf resigned, and that the board had extended his term by two months from 6 February 2026. The sources read for this brief do not say who led the company after that extension or why the new assignment is limited to six months.

Enaya is based in Jeddah, has been listed in Saudi Arabia since February 2012 and is classed by market data provider Simply Wall St as a life and health insurer.

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