Taiwan launches microinsurance for heat injuries

By Esme Yeh / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source Taiwan has launched its first hospitalization-benefit microinsurance policy aimed at heat injuries, with nearly 32,000 low-income households in Tainan included in a premium-free trial plan for a year.The Ministry of Environment yesterday held a news conference along with the Financial Supervisory Commission, the Tainan City Government and Nan Shan Life Insurance Co (南山人壽) to announce the measure.Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming (彭啟明) said that Nan Shan last year proposed the idea to the ministry and the commission approved the heat injury microinsurance policy on May 28. Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming, fourth right, accompanied by other government officials and a representative from Nan Shan Life Insurance Co, holds a news