Friday, December 05, 2025 | 12:16 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

More dependants, increased liabilities should prompt hike in term cover

Boost health coverage periodically to cope with double-digit medical inflation & access premium healthcare facilities

Health Insurance 1
premium

Health insurance coverage should also be hiked periodically to keep pace with medical inflation, or increase in healthcare costs

Sanjay Kumar SinghKarthik Jerome

Listen to This Article

Just like investments, your insurance portfolio too needs an annual check-up. Every year, you should assess if the current coverage amount is adequate, and in harmony with the medical inflation.

And you should evaluate whether porting to a new policy that offers the latest, improved features would be good for you or not.

Term insurance

Increasing term insurance coverage is advisable in the following situations: One, if there has been an increase in the number of dependants due to marriage or the birth of a child; two, if liabilities, such as a home loan, have increased; and three,