The number of claims settlement cases on the island surges. Taiwan media: The epidemic prevention insurance that was once a big fire is about to become a "losing money"

　　[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Although the number of confirmed cases on the island has dropped significantly, the number of claims for epidemic prevention insurance has continued to rise.

Some media said that the epidemic prevention insurance that was once a big fire is about to lose money.

　　According to Taiwan's "Economic Daily" report on the 11th, after the outbreak of the local epidemic in mid-May, Taiwan's "Financial Management Commission Insurance Bureau" regularly announced the island's epidemic prevention insurance sales and claims.

According to data released by the “Insurance Bureau” on the 10th, as of August 9, the overall number of claims for epidemic prevention insurance was 22,900, and the amount of claims reached 1.686 billion yuan (NTD, the same below).

About 80% of the island’s epidemic prevention insurance claims are from Taiwan Product Insurance Company (Taiwan for short). It is estimated that the number of claims has exceeded 14,000, with an amount of more than 1.3 billion yuan, plus the cost and provision of reserves, etc. It means that there is no room for profit on this policy."

Sure enough, Taiwan's data released on the 10th showed that the company's cumulative after-tax loss in the first seven months reached 207 million yuan.

And most of the insurance period will be until January 25 next year. "If the epidemic in Taiwan continues to heat up, this insurance policy will probably become a money-loser."

　　Taiwan’s “epidemic prevention policy” was launched last year. The conditions are quite loose: the premium is only 500 yuan, and the insured can receive a one-time compensation insurance of 100,000 yuan as long as the insured accepts home isolation, centralized isolation, isolation treatment, home quarantine or centralized quarantine. gold.

At the beginning of this year, the insurance triggered a panic buying on the island, and Taiwanese products had to stop selling on January 25, but it still attracted more than 4 million insured households.

Lianhe News reported on the 11th that at that time, the premium income reached 1.923 billion yuan. There was a chance to make money. However, due to the rapid spread of the epidemic in May, the number of claims has soared. In July alone, the number of claims exceeded 7,000. "It has become a burden for the company's operating profits.

(Zhang Tianxing)