Pursuant to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration's authority to determined and update war risk areas and their applicable insurance coverages, the Administration is adopting the Lloyds Underwriter's promulgations on war risk areas for land based workers.  Accordingly, all contract workers bound for the following areas defined by Lloyds as current exclusion areas shall have an insurance coverage amounting to not less than TEN THOUSAND USDOLLARS ($10,000) whose premium shall be chargeable against the employer:

1. Iraq 6. Syria 2. Iran 7. Nicaragua 3. Lebanon 8. Afghanistan 4. Angola 9. Ethiopia (includes Ertrea) 5. Israel  

It shall be the responsibility of the agency sending Filipino workers into any of the above areas to ensure that every contract worker is covered by insurance.  Failure of the agency to comply with this requirement can be the subject of administrative sanctions.

For strict compliance.

Adopted: 6 Feb. 1985


Re-issued: 18 Feb. 1992