PROHIBITION OF MANDATORY SALE OF ADDITIONAL INSURANCE POLICY TO PASSENGERS PRIOR TO BOARDING
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9295, all domestic shipowners or
operators are required to submit adequate insurance coverage for each
passenger in the amount not less than Two Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P200,000.00) per manifested passenger.
This Compulsory Passenger Insurance Coverage submitted by
shipowners/operators already covers its manifested passengers in case of
any incident, hence, additional insurance coverage is not necessary nor
mandatory.
Therefore, Notice is hereby given that the mandatory sale of additional passenger insurance policy to passengers prior to boarding is PROHIBITED. The sale of additional passenger insurance policy is not a requirement of this Authority.
The MARINA Central Office and its ten (10) Regional Offices (ROs) are
hereby directed and ordered to post this Advisory at all ports, ships,
domestic shipowners or operator’s premises, passenger terminals and
ticketing offices.
This Advisory shall take effect immediately.
For strict compliance.
Adopted: 26 May 2009
(SGD.) MARIA ELENA H. BAUTISTA
Administrator