Saudi employers of foreign domestic helpers will soon have insurance against the run away incidents of their employees, said Saad Al-Badah, deputy director of the National Recruitment Committee. The new insurance policy of the employer will cover the case of a runaway housemaid or driver, and it will also serve as a medical insurance for the worker, he said. The SR550 insurance policy, partly paid by the employer, will cover the runaway incident of the domestic helper for two years – the contract term between the employer and the recruitment agency. In case of a runaway, the insurance company bears the cost of bringing a new employee as specified by the policy. The runaway worker will be traced and even tried back home to pay back the incurred damages. Tens of insurance companies have competed for the lucrative business as over 30,000 housemaids arrive in the Kingdom every month from Indonesia alone, but the deal was awarded to a local company. The number of housemaids in the Kingdom is believed to break the 600,000
