The quirky new Korean rom-com The Divorce Insurance is now streaming on Prime Video and is already delighting fans with its unique take on love, marriage, and office romances.
The premium-driven premise kicks off when a successful actuary/product developer, No Ki-jun (played by star Lee Dong-wook, Tale of the Nine Tailed), decides to create a new type of risk insurance for wives and husbands who have a 50 percent probability of falling out of love.
The topic is particularly close to Ki-jun’s heart because he’s been married and divorced three times. Things get sticky when Ki-jun starts to develop feelings for his new coworker, Kang Han-Deul (Lee Joo-bin), who is trying to overcome a painful divorce of her own.
“I thought that the show really brought something new to the table,” Lee Dong-wook shared. “Insurance policies are something that are very necessary in our daily lives, but the concept of a product that provides coverage for divorce was completely unseen. So, it felt very new and refreshing to me and all of the characters are very lively and dynamic. The overall message of this series is not about whether divorce is good or bad, but rather that divorce is just a part of life. It’s a story of making the best of life after divorce, not about seeing it as a failure or something that ends one’s life.”
Lee Joo-bin said the premise intrigued her because she has never been married but is drawn to serendipitous romances and breakups.
“But there were so many different cases of divorce that I saw in the script that I could really relate to,” she explained. “All of the characters are so fascinating, and all of these very gripping incidents happen in the script, so I was really drawn to that and was curious to see how that would be brought to life on screen.”
Meanwhile, one of Ki-jun’s ex-wives, Jeon Na-Rae (Lee Da-hee), further complicates the workplace dynamic when she starts working to make Ki-jun’s new divorce insurance concept a reality.
“My character, Na-rae, is unapologetically true to herself, making choices with confidence and without regret, regardless of others' opinions,” Lee Da-hee added. “I hope The Divorce Insurance encourages viewers to reflect on what it means to live true to themselves, rather than seeing divorce in a negative light.”
Lee Kwang-soo costars as An Jeon-man, Ki-jun’s good friend since childhood and a risk-surveyor who winds up working with Na-rae the most. Not so unexpectedly, sparks start to fly when the two find they have a lot more in common than Ki-jun.
“Jeon-man is somewhat cold and independent, but he is warm on the inside,” Lee Kwang-soo shared. “I hope viewers can relate to Jeon-man and root for him as he grows while working to develop a divorce insurance product.”
The Divorce Insurance has 12 episodes, with new installments dropping every Monday and Tuesday.