A coronavirus-focused health insurance plan called 'Covid Shield +' was launched by Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance recently. It combines a critical illness benefits and a term cover. The plan has…
West Bengal chief minister extended the benefits of the state health insurance programme Swastha Sathi, which offers cashless treatment benefit up to Rs 5 lakh in private hospitals per family,…
Insurance companies have settled less than 50 percent of the claims of nearly Rs 8,000 crore raised so far by COVID-19 patients. Around 5.18 lakh insurance claims worth Rs 7,973…
The data compiled by the General Insurance Council shows that general insurers are yet to settle and payout 57 percent of the COVID-19 claim amount. According to the data, general…
HDFC ERGO General Insurance (HDFC ERGO), India's third-largest general insurance company in the private sector, announces the completion of the merger of HDFC ERGO Health Insurance (formerly known as…
Insurers have seen a huge surge in Covid claims in the past few months, with the number of reported claims surpassing 475,000, amounting to Rs. 7,313 crore as of…
ICICI Lombard in partnership with Freepaycard, an online pre-paid card trading platform, has launched three new health insurance policies. The new bite-sized insurance policies allow Freepaycard members to receive…
Increased life expectancy and a high diabetes burden has increased the number of Indians with eyesight issues. Cases of near vision loss have more than doubled in the country…
More than half of Covid-19 patients discharged from hospital still experienced symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue, anxiety and depression for two to three months after their initial infection, according to…
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala launched a new scheme, Ayushman Sahakar, under which the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) would extend term loans of Rs 10,000…