MBI Selangor denies Insan data leak

Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI Selangor) yesterday said there was no element of data leakage involving Selangor residents under the state life insurance scheme, Insurans Hayat Selangor (Insan), as it is protected by the state government.

In a statement, MBI Selangor said the allegations of a data leak of Selangor residents were inaccurate.

"Due to widespread inaccurate claims, some irresponsible parties have misused this website (Insan programme) for malicious purposes. The website is being strengthened with extra security features and will be active soon," MBI Selangor said.

MBI Selangor said the Selangor government initiative, which began on Oct 1, 2022, was aimed at giving general insurance protection to six million Selangor residents with the corporate body being the implementing agency and Wavpay Fintech Holding Sdn Bhd as the service operator.

Insan is aimed at reducing the financial burden of the insured in the event of an accident or death, in line with a reported increase in the number of road accidents in Malaysia from 370,286 in 2021 to 545,588 in 2022.

Due to complaints of registration qualifications, especially for the elderly, the Selangor government implemented the pre-registration process automatically by matching the Electoral Commission's voter register information and the identity card numbers of the state's citizens and residents, MBI Selangor said.

"Although this automatic pre-registration provides the insurance policies easily to the residents of Selangor, each policy recipient needs to complete the self-verification process and agree to accept this protection offer," it added.

It said more information on the programme was available at the Insan website, www.programinsan.com.