By Nasuha Badrul Huzaini
SHAH ALAM, Nov 9 — The Skim Insurans Am Selangor (Insan) general insurance scheme has recorded some 596,932 registrations as of yesterday, says Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari.
He said the number includes over 500,000 automatic registrations or online registrations done by the state government for Selangor citizens aged 70 and above who are registered with the Election Commission.
“Therefore, the registered nominees could refer to their respective community service centre in a week or two or download the Wavpay app to complete several verification checks.
“And beginning today, we will continue registering those aged 50 and above automatically.
“I am confident we will reach one million registrations by next month, out of the total of six million that we have expected to achieve in the first year of its launch,” he said during the press conference at the Selangor State Legislative Building, here today.
Amirudin added that the number of manual registrations has hit 50,000 nominees.
“The automatic application helps to make the overall process faster and easier, aside from attracting more participants to get the free insurance coverage provided by the state government,” he said.
On August 30, Amirudin introduced the state’s general insurance scheme for all Selangor residents, with an estimated total protection value of RM60 billion, which is expected to benefit six million people.
To qualify for protection under Insan, an applicant must either be born in Selangor, has a Selangor address registered in his or her identification card, or be a voter in the state. With a value of RM10,000, the insurance will be paid out for every loss of life or permanent disability caused by accidents.
