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Kuwait City, 14th December 2021: New Proposal on Health Insurance of KWD 500/-, Does not covers 39 services for Expats above 60 years, iiQ8 New Proposal on health insurance of KWD 500/- does not covers 39 services for expats above 60 years. 1. Personal services provided to the insured person inside the hospital, such as phone calls, newspapers and magazines, service and meals for guests, barber or cosmetics and any other personal expenses. 2. Pregnancy and childbirth expenses. 3. Dental implants, installation of crowns, bridges, dentures and periodic dental examination. 4. Physiotherapy. 5. Pain treatment: It means medical procedures intended to alleviate or reduce the pain and symptoms associated with a specific disease for a temporary period and not intended as a complete cure for the disease. It includes, for example: local injections for joints, local injections of tissues, tendons and muscle knots, and injections of peripheral nerves, nerve block, vert…

Kuwait City, 8th December 2021: Kuwait New System for Expat's Driving License, iiQ8 info, Re-Examination to exclude ineligible Kuwait unveils new system for expats’ driving licenses Re-examination planned to exclude ineligible holders Kuwait will start “filtering” driving licenses issued for expatriates, who make up the country’s majority, by reviewing the holders’ data and revoking those of the ineligible ones, local media reported. The revision aims at ensuring that foreign holders of driving licences meet the requirements in terms of qualifications and wages. Al Jarida newspaper, citing a security source, reported that for example there are expatriate accountants who had earlier obtained driving licences on the grounds of having a pay cheque of KD600 per month and holding a university degree, but later moved to another job on a monthly salary of KD400. “In this case, the driving licence will be withdrawn,” the source said. Other disqualified holders include…