Health Insurance

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Star’s Telehealth Consultation aims to make quality healthcare available to every person free of cost. (Photo by arrangement)

Health Insurance: Care beyond medical coverage

Wellness programs are certain activities and initiatives designed to promote and improve the quality of the life of the insured person.

20 Apr 2023 12:05 AM

The primary goal of health insurance is to protect you and your loved ones financially in the event of an unexpected medical emergency.

Here are 4 Things to Consider While Buying Medical Insurance Online

A good insurance policy is one in which the insurer pays for most of your total hospital bills

29 Jul 2021 2:29 AM

If you know the health risks that your family faces and have a clear understanding of your health needs, then buying health insurance in India can be an easy process. (By arrangement)

10 tips to consider when buying a health insurance policy

The type of health insurance policy you should buy depends on your personal needs and financial situation

22 Jun 2021 11:12 AM

How can health insurance help you to reduce your tax liabilities?

This is one avenue where an individual can save his tax money is by buying a health insurance policy

23 Feb 2021 5:01 PM

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Follow These 4 Steps to Keep Your Health Concerns at Bay

One of the steps towards keeping health concerns at bay is buying a health insurance plan

11 Feb 2021 8:42 PM

Insurance regulator IRDAI asks health insurers to settle claims within two hours

In order to ensure that all health insurance claims are responded to quickly, IRDAI directed insurers to "comply" with certain timelines

20 Apr 2020 12:57 PM

Schoolgirls share a bed at a primary health centre in rural India. (AFP)

Manish Tewari: What we need is a New Deal for health

It'll take 6 lakh crore rupees to build from the ground up, but let's do it

14 Apr 2020 7:42 PM

Airtel Payments Bank ties up with Bharti AXA to offer insurance covering covid19

The validity period of these policies is restricted to one year and will be issued on individual name basis only

06 Apr 2020 3:23 PM

COVID 19 effect: Surge in health insurance policies

Early March there was a surge in enquiries and requests for health insurance policies with special coverage for COVID 19

30 Mar 2020 4:08 PM

Salesmen at a chemist shop wear protective masks, in wake of the deadly novel coronavirus, outside Safdarjung Hospital, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (Photo | PTI)

Coronavirus now covered under policy offered by Digit Insurance

Digit Insurance will pay policy holders who have tested positive for COVID-19 up to 100 per cent of the sum insured for treatment costs

04 Mar 2020 7:20 PM

According to industry, IRDAI had found that indemnity cover was a service more than a product and did not want life insurers to sell them as their core competency is not providing health cover.

Life insurers can soon offer health insurance policy

IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations 2016 allows Life Insurance Companies to offer benefit-based health insurance products only.

26 Feb 2020 6:56 AM

Soon, if your insurer delays settling your health insurance claim beyond 30 days from the date of submitting the last necessary document, it shall be liable to pay penal interest at 2 per cent above the bank rate.

Uniform health cover terms on the cards

All stakeholders have been asked to submit their comments/suggestions on the proposed guidelines by January 25.

13 Jan 2020 2:15 AM

The researchers noted that both zinc and vitamin b3 are mostly found in animal products so it can be inferred that vegans and vegetarians who are low on these two are more vulnerable to bad hangovers. (Photo: ANI)

Hangover symptoms are worse in vegans

Vegans suffer worse hangover symptoms than meat eaters, study suggests.

23 Dec 2019 2:30 PM

They should also have qualified registered Ayush Medical Practitioner(s) in charge, dedicated Ayush therapy sections or equipped operation theatre and should maintain daily records of the patients.

Sum insured limit cut for basic health policy

In February, it had proposed that the sum insured for the product should be in the range of Rs 50,000 and Rs 10 lakh.

30 Nov 2019 1:48 AM

In order to enhance the scope of services offered under wellness and preventive features/benefits of health insurance products, the insurance regulator-The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) on Thursday released an ‘exposure draft on guidelines on wellness and preventive features.’

Health insurers may offer you fitness goodies

Insurers will not be allowed to promote products or services of any particular third party service provider.

09 Nov 2019 3:42 AM

Soon, the customer will be able to pay his general insurance premiums monthly, quarterly or half-yearly as the Irdai has permitted general and health insurance companies to make minor modifications in the approved individual insurance products, riders and add-ons on a certification basis.

Insurance policies become flexible

Premium table can be extended, list of day care procedures can be expanded and critical Illnesses covered can be added.

25 Sep 2019 1:32 AM

The culture of profiteering is at the root of staff shortages in rural areas and the mushrooming of shady clinics.

A grievous crisis is brewing in India’s healthcare system

The bottomline is that those who were meant to be healers are beginning to be hated.

01 May 2019 1:41 AM

You can avail a top-up of Rs 40 lakh. Interestingly, with a deductible of Rs 10 lakh, this additional coverage of Rs 40 lakh will cost you upwards of Rs 8,200 per annum.

Health coverage of Rs 5 lakh

It’s not that difficult to secure your family’s medical needs for the foreseeable future.

29 Apr 2019 2:46 AM

At every stage of the claim processing timely notifications shall be sent to policyholder or claimant.

From July, policyholders can track progress of claims

Insurers have to update claimants of processing status.

11 Apr 2019 1:06 AM

With the new fiscal year beginning today, let’s see how to rejig your finances.

Clean up your finances in April

Don’t postpone investment decisions to the end of fiscal, you need to begin the process to avoid buying bad products.

01 Apr 2019 1:42 AM

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