Buan-gun Enrolls All Residents in 'Safety Insurance'... 'Protecting Residents is the Duty of Local Governments'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Gominhyeong] Buan County has enrolled in the Citizen Safety Insurance (insurance company: Korea Local Finance Association) so that any resident who suffers damage from various accidents, disasters, or crimes can receive insurance benefits.

Citizen Safety Insurance is one of the citizen life safety policies where the county fully covers the insurance premiums and all residents can benefit.

If a resident suffers damage due to an unexpected disaster or accident in daily life, they can receive compensation from the insurance company up to a maximum of 150 million KRW.

The coverage period is from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, and any resident registered in the county’s resident registry is automatically enrolled in the insurance without any separate contract, signature, or procedure regardless of age, gender, or occupation.

However, death coverage for residents under 15 years old is excluded.

The coverage includes ▲death from natural disasters (including heatstroke, sunstroke, hypothermia), ▲death or permanent disability from explosion, fire, or collapse injuries, ▲death or permanent disability from injuries while using public transportation, ▲death or permanent disability from hit-and-run or uninsured motorist injuries, ▲death or permanent disability from robbery injuries, ▲death from drowning accidents, ▲legal support for medical accidents, ▲school bus traffic accident injury treatment costs (grades 1 to 5), ▲injury compensation for persons of merit, ▲death from agricultural machinery accidents, ▲permanent disability from agricultural machinery accidents, among 15 types in total.

In particular, overlapping compensation is possible regardless of other insurance enrollments.

Residents who suffer damage from various accidents can claim by submitting a claim form, accident certificate, ID, and other documents to the Korea Local Finance Association within three years from the date of the accident.

Kwon Ik-hyun, Buan County Governor, said, “Protecting and supporting residents who suffer damage from unexpected accidents and disasters in daily life is a duty of local governments and an essential safety policy.”

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