Why ‘unlimited’ or ‘100% restoration’ benefit in health insurance may not save you from a big hospital bill; here’s what policyholders should knowHealth insurance restoration benefits, often misunderstood as unlimited coverage, restore your sum insured only after it's fully exhausted ...
16 Apr, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
Not happy with your health insurer? How portability helps you switch without losing benefitsFeeling let down by your health insurance? Portability allows you to switch providers without losing benefits like waiting period credits a...
01 Apr, 2026, 03.01 PM IST
What are corporate medical cover & insurance portability? Anand Rathi's Amjad Khan explains“The biggest advantage of portability is that you have continuity of coverages. That simply means whatever coverages you had in your group ...
20 Sep, 2023, 04.00 PM 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
Insurance queries: How to get a pre-existing disease covered in health policyEvery week, an expert selected by ET answers queries from our readers on insurance.
24 Feb, 2017, 01.36 PM IST
- Insurance innovation: Health cover portability
Earlier in October, L&T General Insurance had launched a new plan that reinstated the sum insured if the policyholder had an accident .
05 Jan, 2012, 01.16 PM IST
- Health insurance portabilit: How to switch your health insurer
From 1 October, health insurance portability will allow you to shift to a new insurer without losing the benefits of the existing policy. H...
26 Sep, 2011, 03.43 AM IST
- Health cover portability offers more choices but there are some grey areas
Till now, policyholders were reluctant to switch to a new health insurer mainly because the transfer of the waiting period credit for PED w...
21 Sep, 2011, 06.00 AM IST
Look before you switch health coverHealth portability will let you choose who your insurer should be. But the action plan seems riddled with too many inconsistencies.
23 Feb, 2011, 04.31 AM IST
Get the most out of health cover portabilityHere are some of the things that you should know before you move your health cover to another insurance company.
23 Feb, 2011, 01.50 AM IST
Changing insurer: How you gain from health portabilityBefore you dump your existing policy in a huff, find out whether the new firm promises anything different.
21 Feb, 2011, 02.58 AM IST
Health insurance portability to usher competition, benefit customerWhile customers can now heave a sigh of relief, insurance companies would find competition brewing up as companies would offer better servi...
13 Feb, 2011, 12.43 PM IST
- IRDA okays health cover portability
Holders of health insurance policies can now switch cos without fear of losing benefits of a ‘no claim’ track record or out of concerns tha...
11 Feb, 2011, 05.27 AM IST
- Health insurance policy portability from July 1
In a big relief to dissatisfied health insurance policyholders, sectoral regulator Irda on Thursday allowed them portability — shifting pol...
11 Feb, 2011, 03.35 AM IST
- You’ll get to switch insurers, retain benefits too
Portability in health insurance is likely to become a reality soon.
13 May, 2010, 02.53 AM IST
- Portable health insurance
Ins cos are planning a standardised health ins policy to help portability.
03 Jan, 2009, 02.53 AM IST
- One health insurance policy to fit all
Non-life insurers will, in the near future, develop a standardised mediclaim policy to facilitate portability in health insurance.
29 Dec, 2008, 01.43 AM IST