Source: asiainsurancereview.com

With the COVID-19 pandemic preventing professionals from travelling and performing on-site inspections at factories and warehouses, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance has decided to offer an online-based remote loss prevention service for corporate clients as a complementary support measure.

Through partnership with online visual assistance service firm SightCall, the service features risk assessment based on ergonomics such as human behavioural patterns and risks pertaining to them to control reckless actions at such facilities.

According to news agency NNA Japan, Tokio Marine & Nichido has remotely analysed the risk of accidents for seven clients since the launch of the service in May. The insurer is catering to the needs of four clients overseas and three locally with the remote-loss prevention service.

Tokio Marine & Nichido aims to reduce accidents and subsequent damages, and compensation through pre-emptive examinations and measures – hoping to lead to a decrease in insurance premiums paid by clients. “We can assess potential risks at each facility and advise policyholders depending on analyses of behavioural patterns which vary from nation to nation and culture to culture.” said Tokio Marine & Nichido manager and ergonomics expert Hisaki Ematsu.