Page 2 - Health Insurance Policy

Unhappy with insurer's response to your Covid claim? Move the ombudsman

If your complaint has merit, the ombudsman, which is decidedly consumer-centric, could rule in your favour

Policies covering pre-existing diseases from day 1 reduce anxiety

Watch out for limited sum insured in such covers

Policybazaar.com sells 400,000 health policies in April-December 2020

Covid-19 pandemic and increased awareness about health plans, along with factors such as flexible payment options and availability of higher sums insured created a surge in demand

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

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

Family matters: Be clear if your employer's group health plan covers them

With a pandemic raging, you must buy your own personal health cover for your family to supplement the group cover

Health insurance: Irdai issues guidelines on wellness, preventive measures

Steps shall help achieve the desired objective of maintaining and improving good health and enabling affordable health insurance

Sales of Corona Kavach health insurance policies on rise: Max Bupa

"The initial response for Corona Kavach plan has been encouraging and we are selling between 200-300 policies every day," Ramachandran said

Tips on buying a health insurance policy for parents in the time of Covid

Buy as soon as possible, as increase in age not only pushes premiums up, it also comes with restricted coverage to diseases

What you need to know about Arogya Sanjeevani health insurance policy

Launched by Irdai, the plan's main objective is to make insurance more accessible, affordable and less confusing for policy buyers

How to claim income tax deduction for investments made in April - July 2020

One of the key points to note while accounting for these investments made from April to July is that a deduction once claimed in FY20 on an investment made, cannot be claimed again for FY21

Irdai sets up panel to suggest insurance products related to use of drones

It also noted that drones are playing a significant role in the current Covid-19 situation, assisting various authorities in several activities

Benefit-based Covid product to be priced higher than the indemnity one

The insurance regulator has revised its guidelines around the standard cover for the third time

Benefit-based Covid product to be priced higher than the indemnity one

The insurance regulator has revised its guidelines around the standard cover for the third time

A snapshot of various health insurance schemes

A comparison of the health plans offered by various insurers

Irdai issues guidelines for standardisation of indemnity health products

Policyholders can cancel their policies at any time by giving a 15 days' notice to the insurer and the company has to refund premium for the unexpired policy period

Arogya Sanjeevani: A straightforward, reasonably priced health plan

If you already have an insurance policy, opt for super top-up to enhance the sum assured

Planning to take health insurance policy? Do not go by premium alone

You also need to take into account exclusions and sub-limits

Health premiums maybe paid in instalments: Regulator tells insurers

Option can be a permanent feature of health policies or can be a temporary relief for policyholders for 12 months

Flipkart, ICICI Lombard offer health plan for Covid-19 with instant claim

'Covid-19 Protection Cover' provides an instant Rs 25,000 benefit plan for to the customer if he tests positive for Covid-19