Gwangju City Expands Coverage Items for Citizen Safety Insurance

This Year, 'COVID-19 Infectious Disease Deaths' Category Added... Automatic Enrollment for Citizens

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 22nd that it has added "infectious disease death" to the coverage items of the citizen safety insurance this year and has been implementing it since the 21st.

Since February last year, Gwangju has been operating the Gwangju Citizen Safety Insurance, which pays insurance benefits to citizens who suffer death or aftereffects from various natural disasters, explosions, fires, collapses, and landslides.

Citizens and registered foreigners who have their resident registration in Gwangju are automatically enrolled without a separate subscription process, and the insurance is automatically canceled if they move to another region. The city fully covers the insurance premium, and compensation can be received up to a maximum of 10 million KRW per person.

In particular, this year, "infectious disease death" has been added, providing coverage of 1 million KRW in case of death from infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome.

Additionally, Gwangju Citizen Safety Insurance provides compensation for ▲death from natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, and earthquakes ▲death or aftereffects from injuries caused by explosions, fires, or collapses ▲death or aftereffects from injuries while using public transportation ▲injury treatment costs from school zone traffic accidents ▲death from drowning accidents ▲death or aftereffects from agricultural machinery injuries ▲and infectious disease deaths.

However, deaths of persons under 15 years old are excluded from coverage.

Gwangju citizens can receive compensation anytime regardless of the accident location or time. The coverage period is from the 21st of this month until February 20th of next year.

Insurance claims can be filed by the victim or legal heirs within three years from the date of the accident by submitting supporting documents to the Korea Local Finance Association. Overlapping compensation is possible even if other insurance exists.

Moon Beom-su, Director of the Citizen Safety Office of the city, said, "We expect that the citizen safety insurance will be a great support for citizens to live their daily lives with peace of mind," and added, "We will continue to do our best to protect the lives and safety of citizens."

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