Bank Aljazira, Aljazira Takaful renew SAR 17 mln deal

Bank Aljazira on Monday renewed a one-year agreement worth around SAR 16.6 million with Aljazira Takaful Taawuni Co. (Aljazira Takaful) to provide collective insurance services for the bank’s personal financing portfolio, the bank said in a statement to Tadawul.

The deal’s impact is expected to show on the company’s financial results for 2017 and 2018.

Board member Abdulmajeed bin Ibrahim Al Sultan is a related party and will be indirectly granted some privileges under this agreement, the statement said. Al Sultan is also chairman of Aljazira Takaful and co-founder of Consolidated Brothers Company, one of the bank’s major shareholders.

Also, Khalid Al Othman, who is one of Bank Aljazira’s executives and a board member in the insurance company, has an indirect privilege under this deal.

The bank’s general assembly has approved this deal in its meeting on April 10, 2017.

In a separate statement, Aljazira Takaful said that under the agreement, its coverage will start on Aug. 8, 2017 for one year.