Sri Lanka Insurance ‘Nagaraja’: Exclusive medical insurance for Buddhist clergy

The national insurer Sri Lanka Insurance has launched ‘Nagaraja’, an exclusive medical insurance cover to provide protection for Buddhist clergy, their parents and siblings.

The unique insurance scheme, Nagaraja falls under the ‘Insurance for All’ concept introduced by Sri Lanka Insurance with the intention to provide protection for each and every citizen of Sri Lanka. Extending the effort further, Nagaraja insurance was launched with the aim of providing special care to Buddhist monks, their parents and siblings to ensure their health and wellbeing.

Under the insurance scheme Buddhist clergy will receive in-patient benefits of Rs. 1,000 per day for hospitalisation in government or private hospital (up to 15 days), reimbursement of Rs. 25,000 on expenses incurred on drugs purchased and tests, scans and x-rays undergone whilst being an in-patient in a government or private hospitals as prescribed by a doctor.

Nagaraja insurance will be available at Sri Lanka Insurance branches island-wide for the general masses to purchase and handover as an offering of pirikara to sanga for a value of Rs. 2,000. 

As the national insurer Sri Lanka Insurance is on a mission to inculcate the importance of insurance among general masses and is striving to protect the people of the nation minimising the protection gap of Sri Lanka. Nagaraja is one such initiative taken by Sri Lanka Insurance for the perpetuation of Buddha Sasana.