Tourist related business operators urged to have liability insurance

PATTAYA: -- The Pattaya Tourist Support Fund (PTSF) committee met at the Royal Cliff Hotel to update the public on the progress of the fund and how it was created to provide assistance to tourists in distress.

The April 27 meeting was chaired by Banglamung Permanent Secretary Prachaya Unpetchworakan with Sanga Kijsamrej, treasurer and Panga Vathanakul director of the PTSF.

Sanga gave an outline of how the fund got started, relating the tragic story of how on December 2, 2009 an accident involved two boats just offshore near the Pattaya pier that claimed 2 Chinese tourists and left 6 seriously injured.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2011-05-07

compulsory insurance always makes prices go up.

I'd rather suggest a private indemnisation fund setup by the operators themselves, with fixed amounts per death, injury.

i would rather have compulsory insurance under the law of Thailand with stiff penalties for no insurance then and only then will the cheap bastards actually get it.

compulsory insurance always makes prices go up.

I'd rather suggest a private indemnisation fund setup by the operators themselves, with fixed amounts per death, injury.

Sure,and after one claim the fund is drained and the next victim can pull his own nose same as previously.

You can't get everything for nothing you know.

Edited May 9, 201115 yr by janverbeem

compulsory insurance always makes prices go up.

I'd rather suggest a private indemnisation fund setup by the operators themselves, with fixed amounts per death, injury.

Sure,and after one claim the fund is drained and the next victim can pull his own nose same as previously.

You can't get everything for nothing you know.

yes, but this kind of insurance is the mutualization of stupidity.

and clever as they are they will also discover the art of insurance fraud.

and besides that, if the fund gets low, operators can be promted to replenish it or lose their license.

maybe the best way would be to have every customer chose if he wants insurance or not.

operators can then earn commission on the sale.

Edited May 10, 201115 yr by manarak