Many hundreds of people showed up at the General Insurance Fund office on Monday to claim lump-sum payments for Covid-19 policies with two bankrupt insurers, greatly exceeding the number the office could handle.
Claimants had started to queue on Sunday night outside the claims office in Suan Lum Nite Bazar shopping arcade on Ratchadaphisek Road.
They wanted compensation due from Covid-19 policies taken out with Thai Insurance and Southeast Insurance. The Office of the General Insurance Fund is their…