EQ Work Injury Compensation

Statutory Insurance for you as an employer, to insure your employees in the course of employment under the Work Injury Compensation Act.

Overview

  • Provides you with superior protection for your employees.

    Coverage consists of:

    • Medical Expenses
    • Lump Sum Compensation for Death of Permanent Incapacity
    • Medical Leave Wages

    The amount of compensation is computed based on a fixed formula and is subject to capping. Common Law Limit is at S$10,000,000 for any one claim or series of claim arising out of one event.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
When taking up an annual WIC policy, you should cover adequately all wages of your direct employees for all works, including at project sites. To cover your obligations for project works either as a main or sub-contractor against common law - Talk to us or our representative for the EQ Project Employer’s Liability Insurance.

Key Benefits

Our WIC Policy is issued in compliant with the Work Injury Compensation Act. For an idea of the prescribed coverage, please refer to MOM website on Types of Compensation

Need Assistance?

  • Call or visit us
    For WIC enquiries, please call us at 6500 6783 or visit us at 77 Robinson Road #12-01 Robinson 77 Singapore 068896.
  • Send us a message
    Email us or use our online Feedback form.

Frequently Asked Questions

This insurance will indemnify against all sums for which you shall be liable to pay compensation either under the legislation or at common law and will additionally pay all costs and expenses incurred with our written consent if any employee in your employment shall sustain personal injury by accident or disease arising out of and during the course of his or her employment.

For the new changes under the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, please refer to MOM press release here.

Yes, we are an approved designated insurer with MOM with effect from 1 September 2020.

  • The insurer is licensed with MOM.
  • It is required to offer a prescribed Work Injury Compensation Insurance that meets the legal requirements of the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019.
  • As such policy reforms will fully kick in from 1 January 2021, when policies are issued with the inception date from 1 January 2021 by EQ Insurance, all claims-related handling will now be administered by EQI, instead of the past/present arrangement vide MOM.