South Florida University postgraduate students Thiwadee Sangsuriyarit, 24, and Bhakapon Chairatanatongporn, 28, were killed when their rented car veered into a ravine near Kings Canyon National Park.

Bad weather and a strong current in the river at the base of the ravine prevented their bodies from being seen or recovered for 12 days.

Suthipol Taweechaikarn, the commission’s secretary general, said on Friday that Bhakapon held three combined life-and-accident insurance policies with AIA Thailand, together worth Bt834,000.

Thiwadee had a Bt1-million life-insurance policy from Allianz Ayudhya Assurance, he added.

He said the commission had urged the two insurers to compensate their families promptly.