Archive for August, 2009

LIAM on H1N1

Life Insurance Coverage for Influenza A(H1N1) – Press Release Kuala Lumpur, 21 August 2009: The Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM) has confirmed that death due to the Influenza A(H1N1) will be payable. In addition, all the 16 life insurance companies under LIAM will also be paying claims arising from hospitalization due to Influenza A(H1N1). ...

Great Eastern Covers H1N1 Hospitalization Claims

PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Kuala Lumpur, 19 August 2009 – Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad’s Director and Chief Executive Officer Mr Koh Yaw Hui informed that as a good corporate citizen with a hundred and one years’ presence in Malaysia, Great Eastern will cover hospitalization claims made by its policyholders, who have been ...

Etiqa to pay H1N1 hospitalisation

(The Edge, 21st August) KUALA LUMPUR: Etiqa will pay the claims made by its medical and health plans’ policyholders should they be hospitalised for treatment for H1N1 influenza, with immediate effect. Etiqa said on Aug 21 the H1N1 influenza can affect everyone physically and also financially, in terms of the medication and treatment. Its CEO ...

Malaysia reports 6 more deaths of A/H1N1 flu

08.13.2009 · Posted in Consumer & Safety Tip, Health

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — Malaysia reported six more deaths due to A/H1N1 flu on Tuesday, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 38. The Malaysian Health Ministry’s Director-General Ismail Merican also said that in the last 24 hours, Malaysia has detected 270 new cases of the flu, bringing the total ...

M’sia’s H1N1 deaths rise to 26

08.09.2009 · Posted in Consumer & Safety Tip, Health, Travel Tips

(THE STRAITS TIMES) KUALA LUMPUR – MALAYSIAN health authorities on Sunday announced a further eight H1N1 flu-related fatalities, bringing the country’s death toll in connection with the virus to 26, according to media reports. The latest deaths included a 20-year-old girl, a college student, who died in a hostel after being given outpatient treatment, the ...