FinanceInsurance sales surge in Thailand as epidemic spreads
Citizens rush to secure medical expenses and payouts with coronavirus policies
Royal Thai Army soldiers sanitize the street in Bangkok at night to deal with the spread of coronavirus. The government invoked a state of emergency on Thursday. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer
BANGKOK -- Insurance companies in Thailand are rushing to provide affordable insurance policies to match rising demand, as people scramble to buy insurance policies to secure medical expenses and compensation as the deadly new coronavirus continues to spread in the Southeast Asian country.