A Newtech × Seed MENA Academy

Insurance,
decoded.
Not boring.

Self-paced courses in compliance, regulation, products and commercials — built for adult learners who'd rather do than skim. Pass the exam. Run the desk.

2,418Colleagues certified
94%Pass rate, first sitting
12Internal teams running cohorts
Module 04 · IFRS 17 Foundations Live lesson
Contractual Service Margin, without the panic.
Module progress62%
01Scope & definitions8 min
02Measurement model14 min
03CSM & onerous contractsNow
04Disclosure walkthrough22 min
05Quiz · 12 questionsQuiz
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Certificate in The CBUAE Broker Standard
Issued · Seed MENA verified
94%
Pass rate, first sitting
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§ 02 — Curriculum

Look inside a course.

Click through any path. Each week is short, project-led, and ends with a deliverable — not a 90-minute slide deck.

The CBUAE Broker Standard

Become the person who spots it first.

Six weeks across market conduct, AML/CFT, sanctions, data protection, and conflicts management. Built around the UAE, KSA and Bahrain regulator playbooks.

6 weeksSelf-paced
24 hrsTotal time
612Learners enrolled
Wk 01Market conduct, suitability & fair dealingFoundations
Wk 02AML, CFT, beneficial ownershipRegulation
Wk 03Sanctions screening — practical workflowsWorkshop
Wk 04Data protection: PDPL, GDPR cross-walkRegulation
Wk 05Conflicts, gifts & inducementsCase studies
Wk 06Final case + certification sittingExam
§ 03 — Try a lesson

Compliant or breach?

Real-world scenarios from MENA insurance desks. Pick an answer — we'll show you why, and how the regulators tend to see it. No login. No catch.

AML · Onboarding · Scenario 1/7
A high-net-worth client wants to pay the first year's premium in cash via three separate payments under the reporting threshold. Their RM thinks "that's just how they prefer it" and asks underwriting to bind.
Your score0/100
Run · 0 of 7
Heads up — these are real desk scenarios. There are no trick questions, only common compliance reflexes.
Worked example · 60 sec
This is one of 240+ scenarios across the four paths.
§ 04 — Outcomes

The boring slide, made readable.

Stats that matter to employers and to you. Numbers update every quarter and are reviewed by Seed MENA.

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§ 05 — Faculty

Practitioners. Not retired powerpointers.

Everyone teaching is still on the desk, still booking risks, still arguing with regulators. You learn what's true this quarter, not last decade.

RA
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Reem Al-Hashimi

Lead · Compliance

12 years across the DFSA and three regional insurers. Built two compliance functions from scratch and one from rubble.

Has read every UAE Insurance Authority circular since 2011. Voluntarily.
HQ
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Hassan Qureshi

Lead · Product

Ex-actuary, current product head. Designed the first parametric travel cover in the GCC. Allergic to jargon and to acronyms with three letters.

Carries a marked-up copy of a motor wording in his backpack at all times.
LF
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Lina Farah

Lead · Commercial

Broker turned underwriter. Has placed every line from satellite to school buses. Will roast a submission in front of the whole class — kindly.

Once bound a placement in 14 minutes. She didn't recommend it.
KS
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Karim Saleh

Lead · Reinsurance

Treaty negotiator across MENA, LatAm and Lloyd's. Teaches the politics of placement, not just the maths.

Has a personal Excel model titled 'why the cedant is lying'.
AM
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Aisha Mansour

Faculty · Regulation

Drafted secondary regulation for two regional supervisors. Specialises in the gap between the rule and the practice.

Reads draft circulars on the school run. Has notes.
DM
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Diego Marín

Faculty · Risk & Capital

Solvency II implementation across three carriers. Translates capital models into sentences a CEO can repeat.

Owns a t-shirt that reads 'SCR ≠ Score'. Wears it on Fridays.
Cohort 09 · opens June 2026 · Internal & free for all staff

Stop reading. Start practising.

Pick a path, do the first module in ten minutes. Free for everyone at Newtech and Seed MENA — sign in with your work email to track your progress.