Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Expands Practical Coverage Items in Citizen Safety Insurance

Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 18th that it has expanded the practical coverage items of the Citizen Safety Insurance to reduce the burden of damage to citizens caused by accidents and disasters that may occur in daily life.

The Gwangsan-gu Citizen Safety Insurance benefits all citizens of Gwangsan-gu regardless of where the accident occurs. All residents registered and living in Gwangsan-gu, including foreign registrants, are automatically enrolled without a separate subscription process and can receive coverage if they apply within 3 years from the date of the accident. Overlapping coverage is possible even if insured under other insurance policies.

This year, coverage items closely related to daily life, such as public transportation injury treatment expenses and injury accident diagnosis consolation money, have been added. Coverage includes ▲injuries from explosion, fire, collapse, landslide, and electric shock (up to 5 million KRW) ▲public transportation injury treatment expenses (up to 1 million KRW) ▲injury accident diagnosis consolation money (100,000 KRW) ▲injury sequelae (up to 3 million KRW) ▲drowning accident death (2 million KRW) ▲agricultural machinery accident injury (up to 7 million KRW) ▲gas accident (up to 5 million KRW) ▲burn surgery expenses (1 million KRW) ▲school zone (child protection area) traffic accident injury treatment expenses (up to 10 million KRW).

Items overlapping with the existing ‘Gwangju Citizen Safety Insurance,’ such as injury death and sequelae during public transportation use, have been removed, and four items including injuries from explosion, fire, collapse, landslide, electric shock, and gas accidents have been downgraded.

The insurance subscription period is until February 10, 2025. To claim insurance benefits, prepare the insurance claim form and supporting documents and apply to the insurance company. For more details, contact the insurance company or the Gwangsan-gu Citizen Safety Division.

To inform many citizens about the benefits of the Citizen Safety Insurance, Gwangsan-gu will hold the ‘Gwangsan-gu Citizen Safety Insurance Promotion Event’ from the 19th to the 25th. Participants can post promotional materials or related internet addresses (links) of the Gwangsan-gu Citizen Safety Insurance on their personal social networking services (SNS) and verify participation through the ‘Event Participation QR Code.’ Among the participants, 150 people will be selected by lottery to receive gift certificates.

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