Page 28 - Health Insurance

WhatsApp to help users in India buy 'sachet-sized' health insurance

WhatsApp said by the end of this year, buying affordable health insurance coverage from SBI General leveraging WhatsApp, will be a reality

Consumers gravitating towards higher sum insured in health policies

Covid drives awareness of need for health insurance, consumers also buying plans in the range of Rs 25-50 lakh

Choose a high-value health insurance policy for wide coverage amid Covid-19

Buy one at the earliest as underwriting norms tend to be strict in them

Non-life insurers get Covid-19 claims worth Rs 10,000 crore as of Dec 11

The insurers have settled 508,334 claims amounting to over Rs 4,800 crore

ICICI Lombard revamps health offerings in view of evolving customer needs

The insurer has launched four new plans ---- health shield, health shield plus, health elite, and health elite plus ---- that are part of its 'complete health insurance' offering

Mandating insurance not the way forward to boost penetration: Irdai member

T L Alamelu says health insurers need to address trust deficit; regulator has tried to standardise areas of concern such as definitions, pre-existing diseases, among others

Health covers are not a last-resort offering

Covid will change the health insurance industry permanently. The perception of consumers towards insurance has moved from mere compliance or tax saving towards a protection standpoint

A snapshot of health insurance policies premiums rates offered by firms

Here is how the health insurance policies premium rates offered by various companies stack up

Is Health Insurance A Necessity?

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Looking for insurance cover? Go for policies that offer wide coverage

Those who don't have comprehensive health cover may consider a Covid-specific policy

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Health insurance premiums surge two-fold

Arthritis drug can reduce death rate in Covid-19 patients by 71 per cent, new study sheds light on virus, scams in the name of cures, and more-news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Irdai to bring in standard vector-borne disease cover of up to Rs 2 lakh

Policyholders can choose protection against any one or more ailments such as dengue, malaria, filaria, etc; price for every covered disease to be set separately

Non-life insurers report marginal decline in October premium collections

This, despite good growth in premiums by standalone health insurers, aided by rise in demand for health plans in the country

Most see 5% rise in health insurance premiums, says Policybazaar

Experts suggest the premium hike of up to 5 per cent is because of various changes the regulator has brought in to standardise health products and make them more customer centric

Retail health segment drives surge in health insurance premiums, shows data

Group health has also done well with general insurers posting a 17 per cent growth in H1FY21

Religare Health Insurance re-brands as Care Health Insurance

Health insurance provider Religare Health Insurance has re-christened itself as Care Health Insurance.

Need to expand health insurance to include outpatient care: Irdai chairman

In light of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, health insurance has seen a surge in demand from consumers

Need to have more disease-specific health insurance products: Irdai

Irdai Chairman Subhash Khuntia has urged health insurance providers to develop disease-specific products which could help policy holders in preventing different ailments

Irdai allows renewal, migration and porting of Covid specific policies

The Indian insurance regulator has allowed renewal, migration and portability of Covid-19 specific standard health insurance policies -- Corona Kavach, Corona Rakshak and Group Corona Kavach Policy

Don't impose 15-day waiting period for Corona Kavach renewal: IRDAI

As per the guidelines issued by the IRDAI, the short-term Corona Kavach policies are issued by insurance companies for three-and-a-half months, six-and-a-half months or nine-and-a-half-months