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ICICI Lombard CEO Bhargav Dasgupta answers your insurance queriesEvery week, an expert selected by ET answers queries from our readers on insurance
08 Apr, 2016, 02.32 AM IST
Seniors left in lurch as companies curb health cover for employees’ parentsA prominent private life insurer discontinued parental cover after it received a poor response following the cover being made payable by em...
02 Jun, 2013, 08.00 AM IST
P Chidambaram wants greater penetration in the non-life insurance sectorFinance Minister P Chidambaram today said there is a need to increase penetration and coverage of non-life insurance in the country.
24 Apr, 2013, 03.47 PM IST
- Do not skip critical illness cover, it complements health insurance
Besides the basic benefit, life policies offer a number of benefits to cover various other contingencies. One such addition is the illness ...
14 Sep, 2011, 05.55 AM IST
- How a health Ulip can help build an emergency fund
A health Ulip is a combo scheme, offering the dual benefits of medical insurance and a market-linked investment plan.
05 Sep, 2011, 01.19 AM IST
- Medical insurance: Employee mediclaim benefits set to shrink
The employers are reducing benefits because the premium they have to pay has shot up by 30-100% due to rising claims.
18 Jul, 2011, 03.57 PM IST
- Primer: Maternity Insurance
Maternity expenses are very common but are mostly either under-insured or uninsured today under a regular health insurance policy offered b...
23 Mar, 2011, 07.51 AM IST
- How to choose the right health plan
Don’t get baffled by the policies that health & life insurers offer. Here’s how you can identify the plan best suited for you.
26 Jan, 2011, 05.22 AM IST
- OPD policies help exhaust tax benefits
Some health insurance companies have designed plans that cover outpatient expenses, and charge a higher annual premium.
09 Nov, 2010, 03.12 AM IST
- Query Corner: Insurance
Our expert, Amit Suri, CFP, AUM, Financial Planners, offers tips on the best insurance products available in the market. Email to etqueryin...
25 Jun, 2010, 02.05 AM IST
- An all-purpose mediclaim that gives tax benefits
For most individuals, tax breaks under section 80D continue to remain under utilised. This section allows deductions for expenses towards p...
08 Dec, 2009, 12.24 AM IST
- Does your mediclaim pass the fitness test?
If health is wealth, the reverse also holds true. Yet 70% of the Indian population who don't plan their health care expense through insuran...
25 Feb, 2009, 01.34 AM IST
- Take health cover to tide over expenses
As medical needs and emergencies come unexpected, it’s better to take a health insurance cover to tide over the expenses.
26 Aug, 2008, 02.57 PM IST
- In the name of extra-cover
MAX New York life recently launched ‘lifeline series’ health cover plans for individuals. While typically it is the general insurance compa...
25 Mar, 2008, 04.49 AM IST
- You may get to pay your mediclaim premium at one go
The General Insurance Council (GIC), the representative body of insurers, is working on a slew of changes for mediclaim policies, including...
15 Jan, 2008, 05.12 AM IST
- Move mediclaim, keep the bonus from next year
New guidelines for portability of health cover policies will allow consumers to switch the mediclaim provider without losing bonus. Insuran...
21 Nov, 2007, 01.00 PM IST