Policy pays out those who missed full moon

Some 400 customers who bought insurance packages for Mid-Autumn Festival can expect compensation from an insurance company for being unable to see the full moon that night.

A total of 5,154 people bought the insurance packages jointly sold by China's largest online marketplace, Taobao.com, and German insurer Allianz.

The basic package, priced at 20 yuan ($3.27), offered compensation of 50 yuan if buyers could not see the moon in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen that night. A package that cost 99 yuan paid out 188 yuan for being unable to see the moon in any of 41 cities, including the above three.