Yangju City Secures Safety Net for Accident Damage... 'Life Safety Insurance' Renewal Completed
All Yangju residents are automatically enrolled... Citizens can file claims if injured in various disasters or safety accidents
[Break News Yangju=Kim Wan-young] Yangju City, Gyeonggi Province, has renewed its 'Life Safety Insurance,' which provides coverage for injuries sustained in various disasters or safety accidents.
Citizens registered in Yangju City (including registered foreigners) are automatically enrolled in the insurance without a separate application process, and can file claims in the event of an accident.
Coverage includes 11 items: ▲Death from injury (excluding traffic accidents), ▲Death from bicycle accidents, ▲Diagnosis and consolation money for natural disaster injuries (including heatstroke and sunstroke), ▲Diagnosis and consolation money for social disaster injuries (excluding infectious diseases), ▲Traffic accident treatment costs for school zone traffic accidents, ▲Traffic accident treatment costs for senior citizen protection zones, ▲Diagnosis and consolation money for injuries (excluding traffic accidents, natural disasters, and social disasters), ▲Diagnosis and consolation money for bicycle accidents, ▲Death from gas accidents, ▲Disability after gas accidents, and ▲Disaster costs for explosions, fires, collapses, and landslides.
Notably, starting this year, the coverage items and amounts have been expanded. The diagnosis and consolation money for bicycle accident injuries has been increased from 100,000 won to a maximum of 300,000 won per week of diagnosis. New items have been added: Death and disability after gas accidents and treatment costs for traffic accidents in senior citizen protection zones.
Applications for the Life Safety Insurance must be made within three years of the accident, and affected citizens can apply directly through the Yangju City Life Safety Insurance Call Center (☎ 1522-3556).
A Yangju City official stated, "We operate the Life Safety Insurance as a social safety net for citizens who experience difficulties due to unexpected accidents and disasters in their daily lives. We hope that the Life Safety Insurance will help citizens who have experienced unexpected accidents return to their normal lives. We will continue to expand and improve the program to provide practical support."
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