The market for international private medical insurance (IPMI) for recently unstable countries in Africa and the Middle East is growing.
Citing Libya as an example, Carolyn Paul, general manager of Aria International Health Solutions, said the insurer was seeing business increase as the region increased in stability.
"There was a bit of an exodus and there are still instabilities and always will be, but we are now finding contracts are being put back in to the region," she said.
"These people are of course specialists that are looking for top quality health insurance policies and a means to be medically evacuated."
The provider was also seeing interest in more stable lands, such as Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria.
"These countries are becoming an ever more popular choice for people looking to work overseas and, obviously the economy here is a factor", Paul said.
She confirmed most of Arias business of this sort is coming from the SME sector through advisers, with most policies for a small number of select people, typically one, two or three in number.
