Compensation claims for flight MH370 officially begins   

中国保险企业启动马航MH370理赔 杜绝借名商业炒作

昨晚，保监会发文《中国保监会办公厅关于做好马航MH370航班乘客理赔服务工作的通知》，标志着马航MH370航班正式进入理赔程序。保监会表示，各保险公司应根据特事特办、急事先办的原则，简化理赔流程和办理手续，缩短理赔处理时间，迅速调集并下拨充足资金，做好预付赔款工作。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) - The necessary proceedings to claim compensation for victims of Flight MH370 has officially started, according to a notification released by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission.

The commission ordered that insurance companies should prioritize and simplify the insurance claim process for all personal accident compensation claimants, and that the claims would be paid quickly, the Beijing Times reported on Thursday.

An official in charge of the commission said that each insurance company should ensure that news reports will focus on the facts of the insurance claim process and any form of sensationalist reporting for commercial purposes should be prohibited.

Flight MH370, carrying 239 people, disappeared from radar screens while flying over the sea on March 8 after taking off from KL International Airport at 12:41am.

Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the director-general of the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia, declared on January 29 that the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was an accident and that all passengers and crew members onboard were dead.