Elijah Felice Rosales – The Philippine Star February 1, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The insurance industry has paid more than P12 billion in COVID-19 claims, of which nearly P5 billion was paid to families of policy holders who died from coronavirus-related illnesses. The Insurance Commission (IC) said that insurers released a total of P12.12 billion in COVID-related benefits from end-2020 to September 2021. Based on IC data, death benefits made up more than 39 percent or P4.76 billion of the pandemic claims, followed by in-patient benefits at P3.87 billion and out-patient benefits at…