Big schools to absorb insurance costs

Straits Times Singapore, December 9, 2009, Wednesday MDIS, Informatics will pay premiums, so may Kaplan, PSB Academy   By Amelia Tan & Leow Si Wan .   Local students at smaller private schools may find their fees raised by as much as 10 per cent next year as the schools pass the increased cost to them. Schools may [...]

Fee protection for all private students

Straits Times Singapore, December 8, 2009, Tuesday   Scheme extended to cover Singapore students as well By Leow Si Wan & Amelia Tan The closure of schools such as Brookes Business School (seen here) left students high and dry and showed checks were needed. — ST FILE PHOTO   SINGAPORE students who enrol in private schools here will [...]

S’porean dies in car wash mishap in JB

Straits Times Singapore, December 8, 2009, Tuesday Police are looking for Bangladeshi worker said to be driver in accident   By Mavis Toh & Sujin Thomas   Mr Seow, described by his mother as a car fanatic, had bought his red Kia Picanto about two years ago. THE Malaysian police are looking for a Bangladeshi worker believed to [...]

Travel with a safety net

Sunday Times Singapore, December 6, 2009, Sunday Heading abroad this month? One item you will need is travel insurance, especially given threats like H1N1 and terrorism. Here is what to look out for when shopping for a travel policy By Gabriel Chen – ST ILLUSTRATION: ADAM LEE Have travel insurance, will travel – with peace of mind, that is.  [...]

Insurer clears doubts on payout for medical claim

Straits Times Singapore, December 2, 2009, Wednesday I REFER to Mr Ong Kok Lam’s Forum Online letter last Wednesday, “Puzzled by insurer’s payout for medical claim“.  Mr Ong wrote that his wife could claim only $240 of her $7,995.15 hospitalisation bill under her IncomeShield MA Plan, and inquired why the payout was not higher. Generally, the amount that [...]

S’porean in Malaysian car crash sues for $9.2m

Sunday Times Singapore, Novemember 29, 2009, Sunday By K. C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent THE Singapore couple left their Marsiling home at 4am and headed for Cameron Highlands during a heavy downpour. But a horrific car accident some three hours later along the North-South Highway in Malaysia has left the woman wheelchair-bound since April 2005. Madam [...]

Stranded without luggage, but insurer cites fine print to reject claim

Sunday Times Singapore, Novemember 29, 2009, Sunday THINKING of buying travel insurance for your holiday? I recently found to my consternation that some travel policies are useless in an emergency. The sticky web of fine print fails to give customers protection even in common emergencies. Consider my experience with AIG Assist Global Travel insurance. On [...]

‘Don’t shop for courts to file accident claims’

Straits Times Singapore, Novemeber 14, 2009 Saturday Damages may be based on the laws of country where traffic accident occurred: Appeals Court By K.C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent SINGAPORE’S highest court – the Court of Appeal – has moved to discourage motorists and insurers from making claims for traffic accidents overseas in what is known as ‘forum-shopping’. The practice [...]

Working less now to work longer later

Sunday Times Singapore, Novemeber 15, 2009 Sunday With people expected to live longer, researchers propose cutting work week during prime years Shefali Rekhi Working five days a week and retiring in your 60s is the norm in many societies. But leading researchers of life expectancy at the Ageing Research Centre of the University of Southern Denmark are calling [...]

Crooked Claims

Sunday Times Singapore, Novemeber 8, 2009 Sunday   Senior Correspondent Lorna Tan looks at how far some people will go to make easy money out of insurers – ST ILLUSTRATION: PAUL ERIC ROCA Darn, you head to Thailand for a holiday and your luggage goes missing. No matter, you’re insured and while you’re at it what’s the harm [...]