Fire victims thank Pioneer & Cebuana Lhuillier for quick claims settlement
Tragedy happens when you least expect it. For neighbors Emelita Galvez, Marivic Salvidar, Mary Jane Huit, and Vanessa Cachero of Barangay 65 in Pasay City, disaster struck one evening when a fire suddenly started in an adjacent house.
The fire quickly spread since most of the houses were made of light materials. In less than an hour, more than 40 families were rendered homeless and had to seek shelter in a vacant lot.
No one was hurt in the blaze but the damage to property was enough for the fire victims to be disheartened, wondering how they would start their lives all over again, especially since most of them don’t have sufficient savings or emergency funds to rebuild their houses or even repair partially damaged ones.
Thankfully, the housewives and eight other fire victims were beneficiaries of Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Solutions’ (CLIS) Alagang Cebuana Plus, a microinsurance that gives as much as R 20,000 accidental death or dismemberment coverage and R5,000 fire assistance. For only R25, Alagang Cebuana Plus provides a four-month insurance coverage.
Within days of the fire, CLIS underwriterPioneer, quickly processed the insurance claims and awarded R60,000 worth of fire assistance benefits to the Alagang Cebuana Plus members who were thankful for the immediate help.
Emelita used the money to construct the second floor of her house while Marivic said she will also buy some home building materials.
Vanessa, on the other hand, said she will use the money to rebuild her sari-sari store which was damaged by the fire.
The housewives are glad that they purchased their AlagangCebuana Plus coverages just a few months before the fire hit their neighborhood. Now, they are spreading the word about AlagangCebuana Plus microinsurance to their neighbors.
AlagangCebuana Plusmicroinsurance is sold in more than 1,800 CebuanaLhuillier Pawnshop branches nationwide. Pioneerhas been serving the Filipino through insurance since 1954 and is a recognized market leader in the industry.