Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh becomes a bit
animated with his committee’s inability to come to an insurance
agreement.
Phasakorn Channgam
Resolution of Pattaya’s long-running jet ski scandal will be delayed
at least another three months as city officials settle disagreements
over insurance coverage.
At a March 29 meeting, Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh said the committee
formed to end the scams dropped the Feb. 28 deadline by which Pattaya’s
jet ski operators had to register for insurance and has not set a new
one.
The problem, he said was that rules set by the committee for minimum
insurance coverage clashed with those promulgated by the Marine
Department. City officials said policies had to cover a minimum 50,000
baht in damage per year. The Marine department demanded the insurance
cover at least 50,000 baht per incident, with no limit on claims. The
premium for such policies exceeded the city committee’s suggestion of
8,000 baht per year.
Ronakit said the committee now needs time to sort out the conflicts and
draft new regulations to be submitted to the Transport Ministry for
approval. That process will take at least three months he said.
