Motorists who have their cars insured by Thailand’s Southeast Insurance will have their cars repaired and the garages will be compensated by the company, according to the Insurance Commission’s Secretary-general Suttipol Taweechaikarn.

 

The insurance commissioner offered the assurance after several garages have refused to work on cars covered by Southeast Insurance, for fear that they may not be paid by the struggling insurance firm, which is saddled with hefty claims for compensation from COVID-19 patients.

 

The commissioner said that guidelines were worked out at a recent meeting, between the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC), Southeast Insurance, representatives of the Auto Repair Association of Thailand and the Association of Central Garage Insurance, held to ensure fair treatment for both the insured and the garages.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/motorists-covered-by-southeast-insurance-assured-they-will-not-be-rejected-by-garages-for-accident-repairs/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-02-14

 

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something is imploding and being laid bare in this country

 

in the west there are protections to cover this stuff

 

I will wager that owners of these companies have a considerable personal wealth that will not be impacted

 

a bit like people paying for life membership of a gym and getting 6 months use out of it

After the covid insurance fiasco, I would not be surprised if tomorrow they declare only cars needing 'garagisation' are covered and mild dents and scrapes are not covered by insurance anymore !

Insurance firms were quick to jump on the Covid bandwagon, are now finding it hard to jump-off.