Bad start for mandatory home insurance
Mandatory home insurance has had a bad start: almost two weeks
after its launch, half of companies members of the Disaster
Insurance Pool (PAID) are not issuing policies in all the agencies
and units as they lack the necessary IT system. ZF has randomly
contacted an agency or two from each of the 13 insurers part of
PAID, with the intention of sealing an insurance policy. In the
case of half of these agencies answers to the question "can I seal
a mandatory home insurance policy with you?" were as follows: "the
IT system is not functional", "contact us again in several days" or
"we don't have the necessary forms". Seven insurers part of PAID,
Astra, Generali, City Insurance, Platinum, Credit Europe, ABC
Asigurări and Certasig, issue policies on the spot, according to
statements by employees of the agencies contacted by ZF. However,
each insurer requests different documents. The insurance costs 10
or 20 euros per annum, depending on the materials homes are made
from, and the insured sum stands at 10,000 and respectively 20,000
euros per annum.