When Taiwan started offering COVID-19 insurance products, people lined up at 6 A.M. to purchase the insurance products. During the most recent outbreak, 460,000 policies were sold in just one week. The buying frenzy turned the saying “Insurance is sold, not bought” upside down.
COVID-19 has highlighted the pandemic protection gap in insurance and insurers across the world have launched a series of COVID-specific product lines. We explore popular Covid-19 insurance products from the five insurers with the largest market capitalization in Asia to compare premiums and coverage.
(Table 1: COVID-19 Insurance Products by Asia’s Top Insurers. Click here to zoom-in.)
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https://www.xiaoyusan.com/insurance/detail?id=173687
Accessed 2022.04.25
AIA | AIA 唯一摯保 – 癌症及嚴重傳染病保障
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Accessed 2022.04.25
第一スマート少額短期保険株式会社 | 特定感染症保険 第一スマート少額短期保険
https://jp.insuremo.com/dsmart-ins/front/direct/infection/#/
Accessed 2022.04.25
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Accessed 2022.04.25
Corona Kavach Policy for Covid 19 | Corona Kavach Health Insurance Plan | HDFC ERGO
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Accessed 2022.04.25
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Accessed 2022.04.25
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Accessed 2022.04.25