Published in Mint, October 16th 2013, Written by Kapil Mehta Larger insurers are more comfortable underwriting people with medical conditions I want to buy health insurance for my parents (my father is 54 years old and mother is 49 years old). Two years ago my father was diagnosed with high blood pressure (BP). I am […]
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Standard health insurance policies cover some pre- and post-hospitalization expenses
Published in Mint on 7th November 2017. Written by Abhishek Bondia Is regular physiotherapy after an accident covered by insurance policies in India? Can I take an add-on cover for it? —Sanket Bhatia No. In general health insurance policies, physiotherapy expenses are not covered. Health insurance policies require minimum hospitalization of 24 hours for claims […]
Cashless facility is available only in the network hospitals
Published in Mint on Jan 21 2014, Written by Kapil Mehta I plan to buy a health insurance plan. I prefer cashless policy and would like to buy a Rs.3 lakh policy. However, while I was researching for a good policy, I found that the company I like has very few network hospitals in the area […]
How we rated health insurance policies
Published in Mint on 31st July, 2017. Mint SecureNow Mediclaim Ratings 2017 looked at 60 health insurance plans from 23 non-life insurance and stand-alone health insurance companies. We rated about 60 products across 18 categories of individual and family floater segments. For both individual and floater policies, we have rated products across three sum-insured categories: […]
Car insurance becomes effective from the date of premium payment
Published in Mint on March 06 2017, Written by Abhishek Bondia I bought a car a few days ago and also signed my insurance papers before I took possession of the car. Unfortunately, just one day after I brought the car home, two of its tyres and the sound system were stolen. I have lodged […]