Sri Lanka Insurance launches ‘Nagaraja’, exclusive medical insurance for Buddhist clergy

 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and SLIC Chairman Jagath Wellawatta handing over the insurance to chief prelates

• Covers surgical and hospital expenses of Buddhist monks and their family members 

Sri Lanka Insurance launched ‘Nagaraja’, an exclusive medical insurance cover to provide protection for Buddhist clergy and their family members. 

The official hand over of the insurance policy took place on 8 January 2021 at Temple Trees with the participation of chief prelates of maha sanga, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, State Minister of National Heritage, Performing Arts and Rural Arts Promotion Vidura Wickramanayaka, high officials of Prime Minister’s Office, SLIC Chairman Jagath Wellawatta and corporate management of SLIC.

This unique scheme ‘Nagaraja’ 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. The ‘Nagaraja’ insurance scheme also falls under the ‘Insurance for All’ concept of Sri Lanka Insurance to provide protection for each and every citizen of Sri Lanka.

Under the insurance scheme Buddhist clergy will receive inpatient benefits of Rs. 1,000 per day for hospitalisation in government or private hospital (up to 15 days), 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 hospital.