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Retail health insurance can become a $25 billion market in 5 years
Updated : Jan 25, 2023

Retail health insurance can become a $25 billion market in 5 years

As per a report from Avendus Capital, key catalysts for growth in the retail health segment would be low penetration of the healthcare insurance coupled with covid-19 led rise in awareness, product innovation and rising disposable income.

You can now opt for plans that offer unlimited restoration to all the covered members for hospitalization related to either the same illness or a different illness within the same policy year
Updated : Dec 28, 2022

Ask Money Today: Think your health insurance coverage might get exhausted in a single hospitalisation? Here's what to do 

The increasing medical inflation has necessitated the need for an adequate sum insured in your health policy to battle multiple unexpected medical expenses within the same policy term.

The pandemic made people realize the need of having a comprehensive health insurance plan which just not covers hospitalization but also OPD expenses, Sikdar believes.
Updated : Dec 12, 2022

Customers are now demanding products with OPD coverage, says ManipalCigna's head Prasun Sikdar

In an interaction with Business Today Prasun Sikdar, MD and CEO, ManipalCigna Health Insurance talks about how the health insurance industry is shaping up post pandemic.  

This health insurance policy covers LGBTQIA community and members in live-in relationship (Photo: Reuters)
Updated : Sep 06, 2022

This health insurance policy covers LGBTQIA community and members in live-in relationship

The insurer has also taken an important step by expanding the scope of ‘Family’ definition for their health indemnity products, to offer protection to members of the LGBTQIA+ community and members in a live-in relationship.

Govt extends health insurance to transgender community under Ayushman Bharat
Updated : Aug 24, 2022

Govt extends health insurance to transgender community under Ayushman Bharat

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will fund Rs 5 lakh insurance cover per transgender beneficiary per annum.

Here's how one can deal with a pre-existing disease clause in health insurance policy
Updated : Aug 03, 2022

Here's how one can deal with a pre-existing disease clause in health insurance policy

The insurance regulator IRDAI has prescribed the maximum waiting period of four years for pre-existing diseases.

IRDAI gives insurers freedom to empanel hospitals for cashless treatment
Updated : Jul 20, 2022

IRDAI gives insurers freedom to empanel hospitals for cashless treatment

Hospitals offering cashless services had to also meet the pre-accreditation entry-level standards laid down by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH).

Expert Speaks: Can one use personal and corporate health insurance policy to cover hospital expenses?
Updated : Jul 05, 2022

Expert Speaks: Can one use personal and corporate health insurance policy to cover hospital expenses?

In our column Expert Speaks, S K Sethi, Director, Ria Insurance Brokers, talks about the difference between a personal health insurance and a corporate health insurance and whether the two can be used simultaneously.

The pandemic has underscored the importance of health insurance and staying financially secured against health conditions that emerge across different life-stages.
Updated : Jun 01, 2022

SBI General Insurance launches new health insurance vertical

The company said that it aims to leverage the expansive footprint and network of its parent company State Bank of India to further entrench health insurance penetration in Tier 3 and 4 markets across India.

Reliance General Insurance introduces new health policy; check details here
Updated : May 27, 2022

Reliance General Insurance introduces new health policy; check details here

The new health insurance policy, called Reliance Health Gain, claims to be both flexible and also customisable, allowing customers to choose features as per their need and pay only for those.

What happens when you forget to pay your health insurance premium?
Updated : May 25, 2022

What happens when you forget to pay your health insurance premium?

A lapsed health insurance policy can be troublesome. Here is a lowdown on what can happen when you don't pay your premium.

Here's why people are using ‘wellness points’ to get discounts on health insurance
Updated : Apr 28, 2022

Here's why people are using ‘wellness points’ to get discounts on health insurance

Policyholders are now using their ‘wellness points’ during the health insurance renewal to avail discounts on the premium. Here’s why.

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Updated : Apr 17, 2022

Health insurers take 20-46 days to settle claims: Report

The report said that patients are quite prompt in informing the insurers about claims with most of them intimating the concerned insurance firms within a week of hospitalisation.