Page 2 - Health Insurance Cover

Health insurance and cancer: Everything you need to know about policies

The coverage under a critical illness plan is available only to those who are not yet diagnosed with cancer.

Table on rates and terms for health insurance polices in market

After purchasing a policy, do not surrender it midway through tenure

Relying solely on corporate health insurance plan can impact your finances

Supplement it with a retail plan with adequate sum insured, and no room rent or disease-wise capping

Safety net: Covid-19 cases up, check if policy covers at-home care

Sum insured must be adequate, include consumables like PPE kits

Health insurance cover increased to Rs 25,00,000 per family in Rajasthan

Expanding the ambit of beneficiaries, now the government will also bear the insurance premium of families of Economically Weaker Sections

Port and combine your base health policy with a top-up to prune cost

Features like recharge and guaranteed no-claim bonus enhance the cost-effectiveness of health insurance policies

Buy a health policy that covers treatment at home and pays for consumables

Go for cashless treatment where available, as the reimbursement route is more burdensome

Port your insurance policy to cover home care, consumables: Experts

Around 54 per cent customers in tier 1 cities, 18 per cent in tier 2 cities, and 28 per cent in tier 3 cities ported to a higher health cover

Senior citizens should buy health plans with lifelong renewability option

Buy a plan with a short waiting period for pre-existing diseases and low co-pay

Port if health insurance policy premium starts to pinch, say analysts

The best way to save on cost of term insurance is to enter at an early age

Govt to give fresh insurance cover to 'Covid warriors', in talks with firm

Health ministry says a new dispensation will be provided to cover the "corona warriors".

Digital health plan may make insurance products cheaper: Irdai member

Health insurance products calculated based on historical data will get better information, says T L Alamelu

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

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

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

Premium perks: Wearables, apps are set to transform health insurance

IRDAI has so far received 173 proposals, most of which incentivise wellness in the health insurance space through the use of apps and wearable devices

Fix the holes in your investments and insurance plans ahead of the new year

Make changes where required so that your investment and insurance portfolio are equipped to meet the rigours that 2020 may have to offer

Build a health contingency fund to meet out-of-pocket medical expenses

The average senior citizen couple spends close to Rs 2 lakh on day-to-day health care expenditures every year