Page 16 - Health Insurance

Bad air quality may breathe fresh life into health insurance business

Most of the metro cities in India are battling acute air pollution with the Air Quality Index (AQI) readings being around "poor", "moderate" and "severe" levels for most of them

Congress releases Mizoram manifesto: Promises LPG cylinders at Rs 750

Health insurance coverage upto 15 lakh, and other welfare measures were promised in the manifesto by Congress

Non-life insurance industry projected to grow by 14 to 15% CAGR by FY37

General insurance penetration in India remains low at 1 per cent as of FY21, compared to 3.4 per cent in Taiwan and 5.2 per cent in South Korea

24% growth in health cover premia drives non-life insurance sector

In the first half, the health insurance segment registered 18.92 per cent growth year-on-year

Health insurance for NRIs: Check geographical coverage, sum insured

Currency fluctuations could affect value of premiums and claims

Religare asks police to probe allegations linked to previous leadership

Religare provides loans to small and mid-sized businesses and also has health insurance and broking services units

Prefer deductible to co-pay in senior citizen health insurance cover

Last week Tata AIG General Insurance launched a plan for this group, adding to the considerable number of plans already available

Star Health Insurance introduces surrogacy cover and oocyte donor cover

The policy provides inpatient hospitalisation coverage for post-partum delivery complications experienced by the surrogate mother for a 36-month period under the Surrogacy cover

Disclose lifestyle, health conditions to avoid denial of insurance claim

Know your policy: Understand its exclusions, sub-limits, and waiting periods

True North sells 20% stake in Niva Bupa to Bupa for Rs 2,700 crore

UK-based Bupa, an international healthcare company, was a founding shareholder when the business was first established in India in 2008

Standalone health, private multi-line insurance players see more gains

Target prices though indicate decent upside in Star Health, and minor gains in ICICI Lombard

Table explaining health insurance plans offered by various companies

Key features of schemes and their premium rates explained

Many Indians' intent to buy insurance doesn't lead to action: Report

Consumers spend 11% of their annual income on life insurance and 8% on health insurance, it says

Reliance in talks with head hunters to find CEO for Jio's Insurance biz

Executives from Reliance have met several firms in recent weeks to help them map top talent across life, health and general insurance segments

Limited tailored health insurance policy options for cancer survivors

Regular plans, if offered, may permanently exclude cancer from coverage

NHRC wants Irdai to ensure insurers offer health products to disabled

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the insurance regulator Idrai to make insurance companies follow the spirit of the law of the land to ensure that the disabled get hassle-free health insurance by designing special products for them. A panel meeting of the representatives of the NHRC, Irdai, the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People and some key finance ministry officials here Friday called for rationalising and institutionalising insurance for the disabled. Disability advocacy groups have long been pushing for comprehensive health coverage for the disabled. Following the December 2022 guidelines issued by the Delhi High Court, Irdai, in February 2023, mandated insurers to offer annual health coverage to disabled, HIV-positive, and mentally disabled people. The regulator had also instructed insurers to devise inclusive insurance products aligned with the essential recommendations for the disabled. However, insurers are limiting the ...

Table on rates and terms for health insurance polices in market

After purchasing a policy, do not surrender it midway through tenure

Reliance bags contract for Meghalaya universal health insurance scheme

Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd on Tuesday said they have been awarded the contract for the implementation of Meghalaya's health insurance for citizens. TheICL will be implementing the Megha Health Insurance Scheme and the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana phase 6. "The contract is awarded after a competitive bidding process, in whichICL emerged as the successful bidder to implement a revised MHIS 6 scheme in convergence with PMJAY, providing an insurance cover of Rs 5,30,000 for all eligible beneficiaries on a family floater basis,"ICL said in a statement here. It stated that the state government has decided to review the Health Benefits Package and other terms in the Insurance Contract of MHIS 6 and will cover over 7 lakh families in Meghalaya, providing them with comprehensive health insurance coverage that will meet their secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation, outpatient care, diagnostic tests, and follow-up care. ICL CEO Rakesh Jain said, "We are ..

Insurer Star Health announces alliance with Standard Chartered Bank

Collaboration with lender will help in offering 'tailored health insurance' to more customers, says firm

Critical illness policy must cover ailments relevant to your family history

Go for high coverage amount and choose policy with minimal survival period condition