Liverpool Lou

Looks like certain posters cannot back up their claims, yet again.

Can't imagine who you're referring to but being outnumbered on Thaivisa is usually not a bad thing, some would say that it's a compliment. An outnumbered balance of opinion doesn't mean that mass opinion is right.

Both, unless you can prove me wrong with a current travel/health insurance policy, in which case I'll get the humble pie ready and apologise.

Why does she have to be young? That is very creepy sounding. How young would you like her to be?

You are biased because you use to work in insurance, my wife also works in insurance. And nothing that I comment re that is inaccurate. Your claims are false, insurers do not try to deny valid claims, regulations covering insurers does not allow them to.

You are absolutely right, except when you keep referring to "fine print". On insurance policies that is just a figure of speech, policy conditions are printed in such a way as to be perfectly legible.

Perhaps he voided the policy somehow?

"Why is fine print in anything in the first place?" There isn't. The thing is that "the fine print" is a figure of speech and, these days, insurance policy conditions are not printed that way because it is not permitted. Maybe, though, you can show an example that is obviously much smaller and more difficult to read than the rest of the print on a current travel/health insurance policy.

None of those are in insurance policy conditions these days, particularly the first one. Can you show an example of current travel/health insurance policy conditions printed using "tiny" font that's obviously much smaller than any other font size, and "incomprehensible jargon? Of course, you can't.

...or if he had a pre-existing condition, or if he contravened the conditions of his policy.

It's his repatriation that has to be paid for also and if no one will pay his medical bills there's every reason to believe that they would not release the body, that's what mortuaries are used for, keeping corpses. That would be the hospital's way of giving you a reciprocal "get F.....".

Absolutely, but Thaivisa members don't approve of rational arguments like that!

C) It has been confirmed that he was in hospital being treated for a heart attack so it's not unreasonable to presume that he died as a result of a heart attack.

Typical Thaivisa garbage.

That's b_ollocks, insurers do not try to avoid paying valid claims.

Yes, I know that you referred to Islam, the Muslim religion, two things that are are inextricably linked. What are the chances that followers of Islam would not be Muslim?

How is it a scam? Because the insurance required by Thailand Pass to deal with exactly this situation has apparently not paid off. Somebody is still left holding the bag. If it's a scam there must be someone who is benefitting by misleading policy holders. The only entity demanding insurance is the Thai government who are not providing the insurance cover nor taking the insurance premiums, so who is benefitting from "the scam"?

Did you see the link? What do you think the chances are of his being Muslim?!

This shows you that it's a scam. How exactly? Are you saying that the cover has to be with specific insurance company or is cover with the insurer of choice acceptable?

Then what is the point of mandating insurance? To cover medical costs, obviously. Not everyone has pre-existing conditions neither are those with pre-existing conditions always treated solely for those conditions. Conditions unrelated to pre-existing conditions are covered.

"Sorry for your loss, 44 is no age to die. . . Send him up the chimney in Thailand". How nice of you with those bizarrely contradictory sentiments.

What makes you think that they'll be following Asean Now?

"Repatriation" covers the insured, or their body, regardless of how surprised you may be.

Maybe not if you are dead i can certainly see an insurance company trying to dance around this! In insurance, "repatriation" refers also to the repatriation of a body.

Repatriation is usually included in all travel insurance policies.