Double down on COVID-19 relief - tabby & Souqalmal.com offer 'ZERO Fee Monthly Plan' for Insurance in the UAE

After launching its ‘Insure Now, Pay Monthly’ service just short of two months ago, the Souqalmal team is now ramping up efforts to make the installment option even more accessible and affordable for car owners in the UAE.

According to Souqalmal.com Founder & CEO Ambareen Musa, “In times of financial crisis, the option to convert a big lump-sum payment into smaller monthly payments can bring huge financial relief to customers. We realized that offering this option to all car insurance buyers, especially those whose finances were most severely impacted by the pandemic, would help them free up cash for more crucial expenses.”

“We have seen a fantastic take up of the option and based on the results of the launch we wanted to extend the service to many more customers. For the next three months, we have decided to make the monthly payment service completely free-of-charge, without the processing fees. We are hoping this will allow more customers access to the service and help them in these very difficult and unprecedented times.”

The monthly payment plans are currently available in three tenure options – Three, six and twelve months. And starting today, the aggregator has removed the processing fees on its three-month installment plan, making it 100 per cent free for all applicants. The service is being offered in collaboration with tabby, a Dubai-based FinTech company and new-age pioneer of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ services in the region.

Hosam Arab, co-Founder and CEO of tabby said, “Our partnership with Souqalmal over the past few months has shown the value of offering customers the choice of how and when to pay for their car insurance. Customer convenience is at the core of our offering and we believe that offering this as a free service for customers is essential under the current environment.”

Here’s how the free monthly payment works – You compare car insurance quotes on Souqalmal’s online platform, select the one that meets your requirements, arrive at the payment page and choose the three-month installment plan. This section clearly states that your total amount payable over the three-month tenure is exactly equal to your original premium inclusive of VAT – No hidden fees, no catch. Once you confirm your selection, you’re redirected to the payment page powered by tabby, which shows you the schedule of your future payments in black and white. You can then use any debit or credit card to proceed with the transaction.

Souqalmal and tabby hope that by removing the fees and allowing more customers to benefit from the service, we as a team can show our support for UAE residents who are grappling with their new financial realities. While this first-of-its-kind initiative will help customers preserve cash during this period of uncertainty, the benefits go beyond that too. The free monthly payment service also aims to allow car owners to retain comprehensive insurance benefits, without compromising on coverage for the sake of cutting costs.

For more information visit: https://www.souqalmal.com/ae-en/car-insurance/ 

About tabby: 

tabby is the region’s first Buy Now Pay Later solution with a mission to empower people to easily buy what they want, when they want, while remaining in control of their finances. tabby helps retailers across the UAE and KSA boost their sales by offering their customers flexible payment solutions. tabby has secured over $9m in investments from global institutional investors and regional VCs and from its base in Dubai, has plans to rapidly expand across the Middle East. For more information visit tabby.ai or follow them at @tabbypay

About Souqalmal.com:

Souqalmal.com is the biggest and most-trusted insurance and banking comparison website in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, allowing users to compare personal finance products such as credit cards, loans, bank accounts and insurance. The company has now become the first-ever insurance aggregator in Bahrain.

Envisioned as a highly transparent marketplace, Souqalmal.com empowers consumers to make the right choice by bringing together on one convenient platform all the latest details on more than 3,200 banking, insurance and education products offered by providers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Souqalmal.com won “Best Technology Firm” at the 2017 MENA Insurance Awards, which further solidifies the role that it is currently playing in the InsureTech arena. The company also ranked second among Forbes’s “Top 20 Most Disrupting FinTech Startups” in the Middle East. Most recently, International Business Magazine recognized Souqalmal.com as the “Best Comparison Website UAE 2019”. For more information visit: https://www.souqalmal.com/ae-en/car-insurance/  

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