The State government in Haryana has decided to implement a health insurance scheme to provide free healthcare services to the poor. The cost of premium shall be borne by the government. Chief Minister Manohar…
Luckow University has decided to extend health insurance cover to over 30,000 students pursuing different undergraduate, post- graduate and doctoral level courses from its campus. Earlier the insurance cover was available to only 7,000 first-year undergraduate students…
Star Health & Allied Insurance, the country’s first standalone health insurer, may also become the first health insurer to list its shares. It is considering selling shares to the public,…
India’s health insurance companies have banded together to create a database of hospitals and nursing homes that encourage fraudulent claims. The umbrella body of insurance firms, the General Insurance Council…
Rarely does a company provide women centric health products with additional features. Mostly the cover is available via floater policy. However, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has a woman-specific critical illness…
HDFC ERGO expanded its health insurance portfolio with the launch of ‘Group Critical Illness Insurance’ policy, which covers the entire family or employees under one umbrella of protection. Unlike a…
Group health insurance premiums may rise as IRDAI investigates disclosure to end subsidisation by lone payers. The increasing cost of medical insurance had obligated companies to surge premiums in…
The Irdai had recently notified that in health insurance policies with co-payment or the deductible conditions, the insurer or the third party administrator (TPA) should ensure that the co-payment…
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irda) is on the mind of reducing the capital requirement for setting up a standalone health insurance company by as much as…
“Cancer insurance is going to be an important segment for the healthcare insurance market and a niche insurance product because of rising awareness of cancer risks and the increasing…