About Us

Our Mission

To offer the highest quality of insurance advice and services to the public and the business community.

Company Profile

GIC is an independent insurance consulting firm established with the purpose of providing financial ecurity, insurance protection and investment opportunities to individuals and corporate clients by assessing their financial needs, finding the most suitable products and protecting their financial interests at all times.
We operate in the UAE and the Arabian Gulf Region providing businesses as well as individuals with insurance advice and services leading to proper insurance protection and financial security.
GIC comes to fill the gap between consumers and insurance companies, representing its clients' best interests.
GIC is a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (G.A.R.P.) and a Registered Insurance Consulting firm in the UAE.

Consultants Profile 

Salah S. Al-Halyan the founder and Director of GIC is a UAE national, Certified Insurance Consultant by the Ministry of Economy. Salah was licensed in the USA, in the states of California and Florida, for Life & Disability, Health, Property & Casualty Insurance and as a Certified Investment Consultant. He worked for several years in the US financial services market as a Financial Consultant catering to clients' financial needs in the area of Employee Benefits, Financial Planning, Pension & Retirement, Life and General Insurance.
In the UAE Salah held top positions with two of the largest insurance companies, directing the biggest insurance sales teams in the Middle East area.  He has been the General Manager of the Emirates Insurance Association.
He is also a registered insurance expert with Dubai Courts and the UAE federal Courts, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration(CIArb)-UK.
Salah is a permanent writer in the leading UAE English newspapers Gulf News ("Forward Planning")
and Al BAYAN. 

Catherine R. P. Al-Halyan is the co-founder and Managing Partner of GIC. She was licensed in the state of California in Life & Disability insurance. Catherine has a vast experience in financial services and worked in various international banks and corporations in Europe, USA and the UAE.

Boyd D. Edmondson is the Managing Consultant and head of the Investment and  Pension Division of GIC. He has worked for many years in the South Africa, Arabian Gulf region and  Offshore markets in Banking, Health Insurance, Employee Benefits, Financial Planning, Portfolio Management and Life / General Insurance as a Certified Insurance/Investment Consultant.
Initially trained and certified in South Africa, he has subsequently been certified by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), in UK and holds the International Certificate for Financial Advisors. 

Gary Anthony Newell worked in the Foreign Exchange markets for 25 years with both leading banks and brokers licensed by the Bank of England. His principal location was the City of London although he worked for short periods in other financial centres such as Frankfurt, Bruxelles, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Gary has been in the Gulf region for 8 years. The first 3 years were in the Kingdom of Bahrain where he was licensed by the Bahrain Monetary Agency. He has been in Dubai for the last 5 Year.  

GIC works closely with other financial, legal, actuarial, insurance, pension, investment and training
consultants for the benefit of its clients.  

Contact Information

Telephone

                                         +(971) 4 2825255 

                                         +(971) 4 2828476

FAX

                                         +(971) 4 2829209

Postal address

                                         P.O.Box 61521 Dubai, UAE

Electronic mail

 

Main Consultant:                   salah@gicadvice.com

General Information:              gic@gicadvice.com
Investment Consultant:          boyd@gicadvice.com