Foodpanda Malaysia has announced that it will be extending insurance coverage to its delivery partners and their families outside of working hours as part of its efforts to celebrate and protect them.
The food delivery platform’s accidental insurance top-up scheme, foodpanda Protect+, provides round-the-clock, double protection for delivery partners and their next of kin against death, disablement, and hospitalization caused by accidents from only RM3 per month. The scheme was developed in partnership with InsurTech firm PolicyStreet.
Delivery partners can extend the coverage to include their spouses and up to two children in the monthly coverage for RM6 and an add-on of RM1 for each subsequent child. For delivery partners who are single, the insurance top-up plan also extends to cover their parents at the same rate.
This is in addition to the free insurance coverage provided to all delivery partners during their shifts. Currently, all delivery partners are insured up to a total amount of RM100,000 in the event of accidental death or permanent disability while on their delivery rounds.
Shubham Saran, Head of Logistics at foodpanda Malaysia, said that the company is committed to providing unparalleled care for its delivery partners and their families. He added that foodpanda was the first in the p-hailing industry to provide insurance coverage for delivery partners and that there is no better day than Rider Appreciation Day to empower them to safeguard the well-being of their loved ones through foodpanda Protect+.
The Rider Appreciation Day event held at the foodpanda office in Bangsar South was attended by more than 50 foodpanda rider and top executives.
