Several publications are now reporting that several insurers, including AIG, are providing cash payments to travelers forced to be quarantined when overseas or on returning to Hong Kong as a result of the H1N1 virus known commonly as the "swine flu."
Moreover the policy also provides that if an insured dies due to swine flu complications the insured's beneficiaries would also receive monetary payments. The current policy being offered by AIG/Hong Kong Travel allows individual to obtain approximately $600 per day if quarantined or diagnosed with the swine flu by a medical professional. HSBC is also considering enhancing its benefits to existing customers under similar circumstances.
Due to the swine flu scare, tourism to Hong Kong from Japan has dropped approximately 70 percent.
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by Sarah X. Fang
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