A: HL Assurance will issue a Letter of Guarantee for the sum of $5,000 as a security bond on your behalf to the MOM. With this, you do not need to pay the $5,000 cash up front to MOM when you are applying for a maid. HL Assurance can also issue a Letter of Guarantee to the Philippine Overseas Labour Office in Singapore (“POLO”) on your behalf if required.
In event that a demand is made by MOM and/or POLO, HL Assurance will make the payment first and recover it from you under the Counter Indemnity arrangement of the insurance.
You may like to purchase the optional cover for a waiver of the Counter Indemnity in respect of the Letter of Guarantee to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), paying only $250 for the Excess for your account. This free you the need to pay $5,000 cash up front to the MOM when you are applying for a maid in Singapore.