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Thailand Agency Studies Feasibility of Low-Cost Insurance for Housing Units.

By Phusadee Arunmas, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 4--The Commerce Ministry is studying the feasibility of low-cost property insurance for the initial 600,000 housing units being built under the government's Baan Ua-arthorn, or low-cost housing, project.

According to Deputy Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook, the Insurance Department and the General Insurance Association will study the feasibility of providing coverage to low-income purchasers of the homes.

He said that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had c

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