A coordination dispute between the Wage Earners’ Welfare Board and Jiban Bima Corporation has left nearly Tk56 crore in insurance claims unpaid for about 1,000 migrant workers and their families through June this year. The claims involve deceased workers, workers who lost limbs, and those who returned home. Both institutions blame each other while families remain waiting. The family of Liton Mia, who died in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 9 last year, has not received insurance money, and the family of Jamal Mia, who died in Kuwait in January last year, has not received the Tk1 million benefit.
Mandatory insurance for migrant workers began under the 2018 Welfare Board Act. An agreement with Jiban Bima Corporation was signed in December 2019 and renewed in December 2023. Workers aged 18 to 55 pay a one-time Tk1,000 premium for a five-year policy. From 2019 through May this year, 5,773,062 workers joined the scheme, while the board paid Tk4.885 billion in premiums. Claim settlement stood at 56.11 percent through April.
Jiban Bima Corporation said the board’s new MIS software was not integrated with its system, creating a documentation backlog, and alleged more than Tk220 million in premiums remained due. A high-level review meeting on July 1 adopted several measures to address the crisis. Officials from both institutions said they were working on the software issue and expected insurance payments to be resolved quickly.
পীর জুবায়ের প্রকাশ : ০৩ আগস্ট ২০২৬, ০৮: ৩৬ ওয়েজ আর্নার্স কল্যাণ বোর্ড ও জীবন বীমা করপোরেশনের (জেবিসি) সমন্বয়হীনতায় মৃত ও অসুস্থ প্রবাসীদের ৫৬ কোটি টাকা বীমা পরিশোধ নিয়ে জটিলতা সৃষ্টি হয়েছে । এতে করে এক পক্ষ আরেক পক্ষকে দোষারোপ করে চললেও ভুক্তভোগী প্র
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