Category: Insurance

The package of measures announced by the government to revamp its flagship crop insurance scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), may do more

The main purpose of buying a life insurance policy is to make sure that after your death, your nominee or legal heir gets the sum

Farming is hard. Helping farmers would appear to be harder, still. Crop insurance schemes fail to help farmers, and are being revamped. Directors of the

Farming is hard. Helping farmers would appear to be harder, still. Crop insurance schemes fail to help farmers, and are being revamped. Directors of the

By Ajit Menon The most important question to address while creating a financial plan is that if something untoward was to happen to an earning

The insurance regulator has amended the definition of pre-existing diseases, a move which could lead to a reduction in the claim rejection rates in health

With rising medical expenses, having a health insurance plan has become quite necessary. Primarily, a person can buy two types of health insurance plans –

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari asks insurance firms to support roll-out of the scheme The Road Transport Ministry is close to finalising a cashless treatment scheme

With the healthcare expenses sky-rocketing, it goes without saying that health insurance is the need of the hour.  The medical inflation rate in the country

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), on January 2, issued a circular mandating health and general insurance companies to offer a standardised

Portability means transfer of policy from one insurer to another. The insurance regulator added the terms portability and migration in its health insurance guidelines. By

Regulator Irdai on Thursday issued guidelines on standard individual health insurance, asking the general and health insurers to offer product that can take care of

If different features and various benefits of a health insurance policy are leaving you confused, the IRDAI has found a way out. Buying a health

The NITI Aayog’s healthcare plan should not end up emulating America’s supermarket system One repressed, inconspicuous theme can be discerned across the timeline of development

Davinder Singh The insurance sector witnessed significant regulatory changes in 2019. These regulations are primarily to safeguard the policyholder’s interest and provide better insurance solutions.

A TPA is appointed by the insurer who facilitates settlement of a health insurance claim. Instead of solely depending on the insurer, policyholders can now