Jindo-gun, Playing a Key Role as a Social Safety Net with Safety Insurance for All Residents

Guaranteed up to 10 million KRW... Enrollment in 14 Items of Military Resident Safety Insurance Including Natural Disasters

Jindo-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Jindo-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 15th that it paid insurance benefits for a total of two disaster and accident cases through the safety insurance for all residents, which was implemented for the first time last year.

In June and September of last year, the county paid a total of 20 million KRW, 10 million KRW each, to the bereaved families of residents who died in a fire and a drowning accident, respectively.

The residents' safety insurance is a system in which Jindo-gun contracts with an insurance company and bears the cost to provide insurance benefits of up to 10 million KRW to residents who suffer damage from disasters or accidents.

The residents' safety insurance, which guarantees a minimum standard of living for Jindo residents who suffer damage from unexpected accidents or disasters during daily life, has been implemented for the second year following last year.

The coverage items include 14 categories such as death by natural disaster injury (including heatstroke and sunstroke), death by explosion, fire, or collapse injury, death or aftereffects from injury while using public transportation, death or aftereffects from injury due to robbery, treatment expenses for injuries from school zone traffic accidents, and death by drowning accidents.

Residents registered as living in Jindo-gun (including foreigners) can receive benefits without a separate application.

The coverage period is one year, and insurance claims can be made within three years from the date of the accident.

Enrollment or cancellation is automatic depending on moving in or out, and compensation is available even if the accident occurred in another region as long as the person is a Jindo resident.

County Governor Lee Dong-jin said, “This year, various coverage items such as injury death and aftereffects from gas accidents and injury costs from violent crimes have been included,” and added, “We plan to continuously operate various safety policies to provide practical help to residents in the future.”

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