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Bupa Arabia's free orphan health cover reaches SAR 84 million since 2011

Bupa Arabia has invested SAR 84 million since 2011 in a free health insurance programme for orphans that covers 2,000 to 3,000 beneficiaries a year. In 2025 the programme paid 22,985 medical claims worth SAR 11.5 million, MediaTameen reported.

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Bupa Arabia has invested a cumulative SAR 84 million in its free health insurance programme for orphans since 2011, MediaTameen reported in a LinkedIn post. The programme covers 2,000 to 3,000 orphans each year and has issued more than 34,000 policies. It started with cover for 18 children and now works with 25 orphan-care centres in 12 Saudi cities, with an annual limit of up to SAR 500,000 per beneficiary.

In 2025 the programme paid 22,985 medical claims worth SAR 11.5 million. It handled 11,911 pre-approval requests, of which 78.6% were approved, and answered 91% of requests within ten minutes. Since 2023 it has also supplied school materials to more than 200 orphans a year. The results were presented at a CSR forum in Riyadh.

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