A boon for civil servants

Much-needed aid: Ismail Sabri launching the Keluarga Malaysia Vehicle Insu­rance Financing programme in Putrajaya. With him are (from left) MAAB president Datuk Dr Abdul Fattah Abdullah and ATech chairman Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed. — Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: Civil servants will save almost RM200mil in annual interest payments when renewing their motor insurance through the Keluarga Malaysia Vehicle Insurance Financing programme, it was revealed.

Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the implementation of the programme will initially cover some 1.6 million permanent and contract civil servants before being expanded to the private sector by year end.