State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will set up shop in Camarines Norte to provide convenience to its members and pensioners.
Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said about 10,000 members and 3,000 pensioners in Camarines Norte will soon experience greater convenience when they transact with the pension fund.
“GSIS will bring its services closer to the members and pensioners in the area after it accepted a 500-square meter lot donated by the Provincial Government of Camarines Norte as the site of the new full-time service desk to be constructed in the province,” Veloso said.
The deed of donation was signed by Veloso and Camarines Sur Governor Ricarte Padilla last Nov. 2 in Pasay City.
“We thank you to Gov. Dong Padilla because this will allow our members and pensioners in Camarines Norte to conveniently transact with GSIS. They will no longer need to travel three-hours to go to our branch in Naga, which is 130-kilometers away,” Veloso said.
Once constructed, the GSIS office in Camarines Norte will accept all major transactions such as filing of loans and claims, including general insurance claims.
It will also accept remittances of monthly premium and loan payments, and releasing of checks and eCards. Pensioners may also comply with the Annual Pensioners' Information Revalidation (APIR) through the new office.
To date, the pension fund has three GSIS Wireless Automated Processing (GW@PS) kiosks located in the Provincial Government Office of Camarines Norte, the Municipal Government Office of Labo, and the Department of Education in Camarines Norte.
Currently, GSIS attends to clients at the Central Plaza Mall in Daet every second and fourth Thursdays of the month.
With the establishment of the full-time service desk, GSIS will have six offices in the Bicol Region, along with the offices in the cities of Naga, Legazpi, Sorsogon, Virac and Masbate.