Health insurance segment clocks a higher rate of growth
Health insurance is likely to become the largest sub-segment of general insurance in the next seven to eight years, overtaking the motor vehicle insurance segment.
Narayana Hrudayalaya proposes to provide health insurance to 9 mn mobile subscribers by paying Rs.20 monthly premium
As a novel method to rope in the masses in the health insurance scheme, the Narayana Hrudayalaya, led by Dr Devi Shetty, has proposed to the National Innovation Council (NIC)…
Health insurance: Sooner the better
There are increasing number of people falling prey to lifestyle diseases at a young age. At the same time, the cost of health care is rising exponentially. As a result,…
Exposure Draft on Standardization in Health Insurance
Health insurance addresses a major area of public concern. Although it is rapidly growing sector, access to health insurance still remains limited and add to it complaints, especially due to…
IRDA proposes uniform definition of key terms in health insurance
IRDA has come out with standard definition of various key terms like critical illness with a view to bring in uniformity and promote health insurance.
Adminovate Surprises with Indian Health Insurance TPA Debut
Health India TPA Services Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai), might seem a surprising first customer for Adminovate (Philadelphia), whose new-to-the-market policy administration offering forwardPAS has a pedigree in the life and annuities…
Critical issues in health insurance
It is interesting to think about the real costs associated with managing health. We normally do not look at health management in cost terms — our instinctive reaction is to…
IRDA Circular- Health Insurance BAP application – Digital Signature of TPAs
To all TPAs Ref: IRDA/HLT/MISC/CIR/263/12/2012 Date: 28-12-2012 For implementation of a web based licensing system for TPAs which would facilitate online submission of application by companies for grant of fresh/renewal…
Government to soon launch social security insurance scheme
A social security insurance scheme for the unorganised sector is likely to be the next big announcement the government will make as part of its inclusive politics agenda in the…
RSBY health insurance scheme launched in Arunachal
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a health insurance scheme of the Centre for people living below poverty line was launched today in Arunachal Pradesh. The programme was launched by…