Thursday, June 19, 2014

Top Health Insurance policies from the Top-Insurers in India


Everyone wishes for good healthy life. However, bad time comes without knocking. We expect best treatment in the best hospitals for our loved ones. Good treatment incurs big cost. This is why Health insurance comes into picture, which helps us to maintain financial losses due to hospitalization.
Buying the right health insurance policy is very important but it’s difficult, as it’s not something that We do on daily basis, and the information and pricing can be complex.
When we endeavor to find the best-suited health insurance policies, it includes as much information as possible. We cannot show everything but we can show you many things.
Following is the list of Top HealthInsurance policies offered by top insurers in India with the complete plan details, which can really help you get the right health insurance plans to secure the happiness of your loved once.
               
Insurer
Apollo Munich
Religare
L&T
Max Bupa
Plan Name/ Features
Optima Restore-Family Floater
Religare Care
My Health
Medisure Classic Insurance-Family Floater
Heartbeat -Family Floater- GOLD plan
Room Rent
No Capping
Single private room
1% of sum insured max. 4000 per day ICU 2% of sum insured max. 6000 per day
No Capping
Pre-Existing Disease Cover
After 3 Years
After 4 Years
After 3 Years
After 4 Years
Maternity Benefits
Not covered
Not covered
After 4 years
If S.I. 5 Lacs , Rs 40000, S.I. 7.5 Lacs , Rs 45000, S.I. 10 Lacs , Rs 50000, Upto 2 deliveries (After 2 years)
Ambulance Charges
Upto Rs.2,000
Upto Rs.2000
Upto Rs. 1500
Covered
Cashless Benefit
In network Hospitals
In network Hospitals
In network Hospitals
In network Hospitals
Domiciliary Hospitalization
Covered
Upto 10% of sum insured
Covered
If S.I. 5 Lacs , Rs 25000, S.I. 7.5 Lacs , Rs 37500, S.I. 10 Lacs , Rs 50000
Free Health check up
Not covered
Every year
1% of sum insured (after 4 claim free years)
Yearly at the time of renewal
Tax Benefit
Covered
Covered
Covered
Covered
Sum Insured 5 Lakh/ Age 29 yrs
11149
10265
10782
17403


Insurance comparison is very important to getting the right health insurance policy. Keep following fine prints in mind while looking for the health plan-
·         Find the policy that meets your needs and must compare their features before making purchase decision.
·         Medical cost may vary from tier one cities to tier two cities. So do a check before finalizing health policy
·         Find what suits best - Individual HealthInsurance, Family Floater Insurance, or Critical illness insurance. This defines the investment cost and maximum benefits of the policy.

Hoping the above plan details help you a getting the right health insurance plans from the best insurer in India.

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Buy adequate health, home & motor insurance to mitigate any financial loss during rainy season: Experts

The sight of skidded cars and bikes after a drizzle last week was a grim reminder that monsoon is also a season of mishaps and illnesses. Despite knowing this, chances are that you may miss one item in your regular monsoon checklist — insurance covers. You can always take precautions to avoid or minimise the damage, but what if adisaster strikes despite all efforts?


Only an insurance cover can mitigate your financial losses in such a situation. It is prudent to use this monsoon to review your insurance needs. Some of the covers that you opt to buy this monsoon, will start only after a waiting period of, say, 30 days. But, that shouldn't deter you from buying them, say experts. 


Rain or shine, you must have a health cover. In fact, you should even get it for all the family members. "Basic hospitalisation indemnity plan accompanied by personal accident and hospital cash covers are essential during the monsoons.

It is also necessary to take care of any illness-related exigency such as gastroenteritis and enteric fevers, which arise mainly during the rainy season," says Renuka Kanvinde, assistant VP, health insurance, Bajaj Allianz. You may not able to claim for illnesses immediately.

"When it comes to healthinsurance, standard exclusions such as 30-day waiting period for all conditions except accidents, pre-existing conditions, cosmetic treatments etc would apply." Acquaint yourself with co-payments, room rent restrictions and disease-wise capping in the policies.

Personal accident cover is another must for earning members of all age groups, say advisors. It covers treatment expenses related to accident, and offers compensation if the policyholder suffers from disabilities or succumbs to the injuries. "Apart from risks that slippery roads pose individuals undertaking activities like rafting during rains also expose them to dangers, and hence, a personal accident cover is a must. In fact, every earning member of a family must buy this cover," says KK Mishra, MD & CEO, Tata-AIG General.

However, do compare the policy features offered by various insurers before buying one. Opt for comprehensive covers that offer compensation for permanent partial and temporary total disabilities too, along with permanent total and partial disabilities and death


A home insurance will help in case the structure or contents are damaged due to flooding, inundation, storm, cloud burst, lightening and so on. "It can be of help in a city like Mumbai where water-logging occurs quite often during monsoons.

You should go for comprehensive home insurance cover instead of limiting it to just fire and theft," says Mishra. However, go through the fine print carefully before signing up. "It is important to be aware that rain water damages are not covered under fire and home insurance policy," says Arvind Laddha, CEO, Vantage Insurance Brokers.


"You must have motor insurance cover that takes care of all sorts of damages, since your vehicle is more prone to damages during rains," says Vijay Kumar, chief technical officer, motor insurance, Bajaj Allianz General. "Though the basic motor insurance plans will cover the damages on the body and other outer equipment of the car, there are some claims that are not payable under the basic motor insurance policy.

Source: The Economic Times                                                                                                                  
Dated: 12/06/2014