The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) on Monday urged all government agencies with insured assets and properties to report any damage caused by typhoons Crising, Dante and Emong for immediate assistance.
The GSIS also asked government units to prepare their policy details to ensure the quick release of funds.
“We are ready to help agencies recover and get back on track,” GSIS Officer-in-Charge Juliet Bautista said.
GSIS, as the government’s official insurer, provides coverage for all government-owned assets, including buildings, vehicles, equipment and other properties. It offers non-life insurance such as fire, motor vehicle, engineering and accident insurance, and other optional protection plans for individual GSIS members, pensioners and their families.
The agency also issues compulsory third party liability (CTPL) insurance and covers government-linked projects or ventures where public funds or interests are involved, GSIS said.
Last Friday, GSIS expanded its emergency loan coverage in Luzon after several local government units (LGUs) declared a state of calamity. These LGUs are Cainta, San Mateo, and Montalban in Rizal; and the cities of Malabon, Marikina, Las Piñas, Navotas, and Valenzuela. GSIS said members and pensioners residing or working in these areas may apply for emergency loan until Oct. 24, 2025.
The loan facility is also available in the municipalities of Agoncillo in Batangas, Balagtas in Bulacan, Malasiqui in Pangasinan, Roxas in Palawan; Provinces of Bataan and Pampanga; and the City of Dagupan, Pangasinan. Members or pensioners residing or working in these areas are advised to apply for the emergency loan until Aug. 24, 2025.
Earlier, GSIS identified Cavite, Quezon City, Umingan in Pangasinan, Calumpit in Bulacan, and Manila as eligible areas for the emergency loan.
Qualified members with existing emergency loans may borrow up to P40,000, while first-time borrowers may avail up to P20,000. The loan is payable in three years, with a low 6 percent annual interest and no processing fee, GSIS said.
To qualify, active members must be working or residing in the declared calamity area, be in active service and not on unpaid leave, have no pending administrative or legal case, and have paid at least six monthly premiums, the agency added.
Members availing of the facility must also have a net take-home pay of at least P5,000.
