Page 36 - Health Insurance
Health insurance firms to create database on fraudulent claims
For the latest reporting month of May 2017, general insurance premium has risen by 15.95%
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Choose health insurer with care
Unlike life insurance, health insurance has to be renewed almost every year
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Lower premiums come at a cost
Sharing the claim burden with an insurer makes sense in auto insurance
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Get discounts for staying healthy
Staying healthy is good news for the insurance company as well since it implies lower claims
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Your money: Disease-specific covers suited for high-risk patients
Such policies cover early stage ailments, too, unlike a comprehensive critical illness plan
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Health insurance: The more the better
Health care inflation rises at twice the speed of consumer inflation rate
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Cashless health insurance for families earning below Rs 5 lakh in Assam
437 diseases covered under 6 heads; scheme to cost state Rs 200 cr a year
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Health insurers pip non-life segment in premium growth
Aditya Birla Health is the most recent addition that commenced operations in October
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OCARE launches India's first dental insurance product
Dental insurance usually falls under the general health insurance plan and does not cover dental ailments exclusively
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Weigh pros and cons of benefit-based products
While premium of these policies is constant, you could be left without a cover once their term expires
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PM's new health insurance scheme may cost over Rs 8000 crore
Currently, the poor families are covered under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana for up to Rs 30,000 expenses
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51% of health insurance holders are under insured: Apollo Munich
Apollo Munich studied around 7 lakh health insurance policyholders spread across 82 cities in India
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PM National Health Insurance scheme will be a game changer
Present scheme for BPL people, under RSBY, has expanded the national health insurance scheme with more than 75% coverage
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Innovative health insurance products on the anvil
Final sector regulations will lead to disease-specific covers and lower premium for the healthy
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Health insurance pricing freed after 3-yr lock-in
The regulator has said that after three years, the premium can be revised by the insurer depending on the experience
Star Health, IndiaFirst Life Insurance join hands to offer combi plans
The Star First Combi Plans are a suite of five plans that provide combined benefits of health and life cover under a single offering
Coverage, price dominate buying decision in health, home insurance: survey
The fear of theft is driving the home insurance buying in Indian cities, says Liberty Videocon General Insurance survey
Wellness features in health insurance make sense
While they offer additional benefit, the premiums of these plans are competitive
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Star Health launches new plan under super top-up products
Claims payable when hospitalisation costs exceed customer's 'defined limit'; Plan also pays for Air-ambulance, second opinion and 405 day-care procedures
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Terminally ill can't be denied insurance claim: HC
Court orders Oriental Insurance to pay family of patient who chose to stop treatment against medical advice and died
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