Originally Posted by
Always Flyin
He still has to have a Thailand Pass to enter with a visa. To obtain that, he needs the insurance.
That is because you are applying as a tourist without a visa. The rules are different for visa holders.
This is 100% wrong. He needs the 20K USD (soon to be 10K USD) insurance to apply for the Thai Pass and it's available up to age 99. The 400/40K THB is for applying for some Visa types but is totally irrelevant here.
When you apply for the Thai Pass, the authorisation process don't know or care whether you will enter with a long term visa, tourist visa, visa exemption or anything else. There is no difference in the TP requirements for these categories.