Insurance companies documenting the insured information to them in the biometric fingerprint

Working insurance companies in the country began to adopt the biometric fingerprint in their dealings with individuals, such as the fingerprint of the face or the hand, in order to ensure the validity of the information, and to prevent confusion as a result of the similarity of names, or to fight fraud and other things that require knowledge of the insured document.

The use of the biometric footprint in the insurance sector is the latest in the economic sectors in the country, according to an official source in the Emirates Insurance Union.

The source, who preferred not to be named, said that “the companies working in the sector have a technological structure that is the strongest in the region, and can easily employ the biometric fingerprint in their daily operations with ease.”

For his part, the Ambassador of Goodwill to the Middle East region of the British Royal Institute for Insurance, insurance expert Issam Muslimani, said that “insurance companies, like other authorities and institutions operating in the country, have tended to support and facilitate their operations by using the fingerprint, facial fingerprint, eye fingerprint or sound, and others to verify the identity of the customer, that is, relying on biological characteristics, instead of official documents, in short. In order to prevent fraud, at the same time, keeping pace with the general trend in the country, by relying on the latest ways to get to know the person and ensure his identity.

Muslimani added that “a number of companies have already started, and it will not take place long until the rest of the companies turn towards documenting their customer data and verifying them through the biometric fingerprint.”

Muslimani pointed out that insurance companies can provide advantages and incentives for the insured who agree to adopt the biometric fingerprint in the future, in the form of a deduction of the value of the insurance premium, for example.

For his part, the insurance expert, Jihad Vitroni, said that “insurance companies are always seeking to protect their customers’ data well to avoid any fraud, as well as simplifying daily operations.”

He added: «Sometimes the names of the insured differ in a slight way, which creates confusion among some companies in determining the identity of the person directly, through the available information and documents from here the idea of using the biometric fingerprint, in order to prevent the duplication of the ownership of insurance documents, as a result of the existence of similarities in the names, especially in the triple name that is repeated in many cases, so documenting the names through the personal imprint of the customer, helps the companies, helps companies To overcome many problems. ”

“The fingerprint also helps to identify the person directly and avoid forgery, in a way that enhances safety in insurance companies, and makes the work mechanism much easier.”

He noted that insurance companies can also exchange information, based on the “biometric fingerprint” as well as to identify people with high risk, which protects companies from any illegal practices.