Cost of treatment doubles in 5 years as medical inflation bitesAverage claim for infectious diseases rose to Rs 64,135 in 2022 from Rs 24,569 in 2018, which is an increase of over 160% and a compound an...
23 Aug, 2023, 11.18 AM IST
Vipul Amrutlal Shah to create web series on 'Commando' franchise, set to release on Disney+ HotstarFilmmaker Vipul Amrutlal Shah is developing a series based on his "Commando" franchise to air on Disney+ Hotstar. The action-thriller show ...
24 Jul, 2023, 04.23 PM IST
Health insurance cover eludes many organ donorsTheir existing insurance covers the cost of transplant and post-operative treatment, but a new enhanced insurance post-surgery is difficult...
15 Sep, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
Cashless treatment at preferred hospital under health insurance policy to get easier: Here's whyMost policyholders buy a health insurance cover primarily for the wider cashless claim facility. Expanding the scope of the most sought-aft...
22 Jul, 2022, 11.40 AM IST
How to make claim with multiple health insurance policiesWhile the payment of an indemnity plan is linked to actual expenses the defined benefit plan pays the claim on occurrence of a pre-defined ...
26 Nov, 2021, 09.31 AM IST
Rise in claims for non-Covid procedures may hit insurersIndia’s health insurance industry, recovering from the devastating second wave of coronavirus infections in the June quarter, is now prepar...
18 Aug, 2021, 06.28 AM IST
Covid-19 claims to exceed 50% of Q1 health payouts; 16,000 crore cleared“As an industry, we had 10 lakh claims in the first quarter of this year, which is the same as the number of claims for the whole of last y...
26 Jul, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
Covid-19 insurance claims to exceed 50% of Q1 health payouts; 16,000 crore clearedIn the first quarter of the current fiscal, Covid claims are expected to be more than 50%. Even now claims are coming in for reimbursement ...
26 Jul, 2021, 09.27 AM IST
Covid survivors buying health cover for first time face scrutinyWith nearly 1.6 crore Indians having tested positive for Covid, the number of first-time insurance buyers who are likely to face scrutiny i...
23 Apr, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
IRDAI: Existing policy to cover hospital stay for vaccine after-effectsAmit Chhabra, health insurance head at Policybazaar.com, said this IRDAI notification clarifies that any hospitalisation on account of afte...
19 Mar, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
Insurer must cover hospital expenses for adverse events: IRDAI“It is clarified that in the unlikely event of hospitalisation following adverse reaction to Covid-19 vaccination, hospitalization is cover...
19 Mar, 2021, 09.39 AM IST
Irdai allows Covid renewal, migration and portabilityThe move comes as high treatment costs and low insurance coverage in India result in financial distress for thousands of Indians hospitalis...
14 Oct, 2020, 09.15 AM IST
Irdai allows insurers to offer policyholders choice to renew, migrate, port Covid-specific health covers"Policies of any tenure may be renewed for further terms …The renewal shall be subject to the underwriting policy of the insurer,” Irdai sa...
13 Oct, 2020, 10.35 PM IST
Irdai to look at system for colour-coding health insurance coversThe colour-coding will be based on a scoring method of between 0 and 6. Based on criteria, if a product gets a score of 2 or less, it will ...
07 Oct, 2020, 11.04 AM IST
Coronavirus is now a major illness category under health claims, shows dataCovid-19 as a category had more claims registered than other common ailments classifications such as injury and poisoning at 8%, genitourin...
10 Sep, 2020, 08.35 AM IST
IRDAI allows Arogya Sanjeevani policy to be sold as group health insuranceThis standard group policy is expected to be useful to various private, public firms for covering the medical needs of their employees. The...
24 Jul, 2020, 07.54 PM IST
Sanjay Leela Bhansali to launch Vinod Khanna’s son Sakshi KhannaKhanna has assisted Bhansali on the sets of 'Baijrao Mastani', and Milan Luthria in 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'.
29 Dec, 2015, 04.27 PM IST