BIMA Mobile Pakistan partners with Jazz for insur-tech

BIMA Mobile, the leading provider of digital health and insur-tech services in Pakistan will be utilizing Jazz’s cloud solutions as per an agreement signed between BIMA Mobile Pakistan CEO, Murtaza Khalil Hassan and Jazz Chief Business Officer, Syed Ali Naseer.

The use of cloud services and solutions are transforming the way businesses work. Jazz introduced its cloud solution in 4Q20 to help build a more stable and reliable infrastructures for organizations like BIMA to deploy their solutions in a more secured environment.

“Like all other companies in Pakistan, the pandemic had affected BIMA’s operations as well. Overnight we had to move to a different work from home model for our more than 1000 employees and because of that, we faced issues of connectivity and difficulty of our team reaching out to our customers. Our existing call centre application was not ready to be accessed from home. Hence Jazz Cloud provides us with the flexibility to operate remotely in a secure environment. This together with Jazz’s MIFI devices have enabled us to stay connected in this work model” said Murtaza Khalil Hassan, CEO BIMA Mobile Pakistan

“BIMA’s business of selling insurance at a micro level, combined with the technological prowess that Jazz brings to the table – including cloud, SIP connectivity, and virtualization – will play a significant role in uplifting the local insurance industry and improving backend processes,” said Syed Ali Naseer, Jazz’s Chief Business Officer.Apart from increase security and data protection, Jazz’s cloud solution also eliminates the hassle of keeping physical hardware in a data center.Going forward, this investment will further help BIMA Mobile Pakistan grow and expand its services to Jazz customers in Pakistan.

Murtaza Khalil BIMA Mobile Pakistan CEO has overall strategic and operational responsibility for our Pakistan business.Murtaza Khalil Hassan has over 14 years of experience in the insurance & banking sector in Pakistan and has been extensively involved in the areas of product development, distribution, and partnerships. Prior to Joining BIMA, he was the head of insurance at Telenor Microfinance Bank (Easypaisa)  managing and developing the micro-health portfolio. Murtaza also previously worked at Standard Chartered Bank in the area of Bancassurance; managing investment linked life and takaful portfolios. Murtaza started his career with AIG where he also headed the personal lines department.Murtaza holds an MBA in Finance from Institute of Business Management Karachi.