Insurance coverage Affiliation of Malawi says the digital motorized vehicle insurance coverage certificates is anticipated to enhance effectivity as all basic insurance coverage corporations will use one issuance system.
The affiliation’s consultant Dickson Malamba mentioned this on Monday in Mzuzu throughout an orientation assembly with police, highway site visitors officers and the media.
He mentioned the system will, amongst others, create one database for maintaining the certificates and also will remove fraudulent motor certificates within the nation.
Malamba defined that the certificates will be digitally verified and that the system will also be used to trace stolen autos.
“The system will also be used to register autos. If a car is registered within the system as stolen, regulation enforcement companies can detect it throughout spot checks,” he mentioned.
Malamba mentioned efficient January 1 2025, insurance coverage corporations will not situation pre-printed insurance coverage certificates.
Throughout the assembly, Northern Area regional site visitors officer Augustine Chakanika mentioned the window for implementation of the system was brief, as such, plenty of motorists is not going to have been knowledgeable by the deadline.
He mentioned: “Had it been that we had been given six to seven months, possibly implementation would have been higher.
“However we are going to attempt as a lot as doable to sensitise individuals to undertake this digital system.”
Chakanika urged the insurance coverage business to strengthen weaknesses within the system in order that it shouldn’t be manipulated by fraudsters.
