Category: Medical Insurance


disabilioty insuranceNo one can predict when accidents happen. That being said, it would be wise and of course safe if you have a disability insurance plan. In case anything bad happens to you, at least you would still be able to provide money for the household expenses.

Further delay of acquiring this type of insurance is not a good idea. Insurance companies evaluate some factors that would affect the rate of the plan and one of those determinants is your age. The better your physical condition is, the cheaper the price will be.

Pre-existing conditions are also considered by the insurers. Expect for a higher rate should you have any medical problem. View Full Article »

downfall_1Due to a budget shortfall, Lexington’s Urban County Government is dropping health insurance coverage for 556 employees of “outside agencies”. These are organizations that are connected with, but not directly run by, city government. In reference to 2008 spending, reducing employees of the 20 organizations from Lexington’s insurance plan would save the city $506,218 a year.

“The satellite agencies had been paying only their premiums,” said Susan Straub, spokeswoman for Mayor Jim Newberry. “… They were not funding the full cost of their health care.” View Full Article »

Medical Insurance Plan

cheap-medical-insuranceMedical debt is a contributed factor in more than half of all bankruptcies filed in the United States. Many family medical insurance policies prove to be safety nets with gaping holes.

When an individual obtains family health insurance, they believe they are protecting themselves and their family both medically and financially. The cold hard numbers, however, cannot be ignored. Not every health insurance policy is adequate to provide true peace of mind – or to provide sufficient coverage in the event of a serious illness.
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In order to increase its presence in the insurance segment, financial services provider Religare today signed an agreement with global reinsurer Swiss Re to set up a 74:26 joint venture for health insurance. The joint venture now awaits approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) and plans to roll out operations by the fourth quarter of the current financial year.

The joint venture plans to infuse Rs 500 crore. A minimum of Rs 100 crore is needed to set up a non-life insurance company.

Insurers are trying to tap the health segment as they consider it underpenetrated. This segment has been logging a growth of over 37 per cent since 2002. Both life and non-life insurers are trying to tap this market. Despite low penetration, the claim ratio in the segment is high (around 140 per cent).

At present, there are two specialised health insurance companies, Star Allied Health Insurance and Apollo DKV. Another private sector player Max New York Life has formed a JV with UK-based British United Provident Association (Bupa) to roll out its health insurance business, Max Bupa.

Religare entered into the insurance space with Aegon, the Netherland-based insurance company, for a life insurance joint venture. It is also present in asset management, wealth management, equity broking, commodity broking, investment banking, private equity and venture capital. Recently, it entered into the housing finance business by acquiring a 87.5 per cent in Maharishi Housing Finance Corporation. Religare has been promoted by the Singh family, which till recently owned Ranbaxy Laboratories.

“Religare is very pleased with the proposed joint venture and it is a clear recognition of our vast distribution capabilities in India and our domain expertise in the healthcare sector through our other group businesses,” said Religare CEO & MD Sunil Godhwani.

“Swiss Re’s interest in a health insurance joint venture is also a natural extension of leveraging our actuarial and underwriting expertise in the important Indian market,” said Christian Mumenthaler, Swiss Re executive board member and head of life & health underwriting.

In 2007-08, the country’s health insurance industry had collected Rs 5,100 crore in premium income. This segment has seen a compounded annual growth rate of around 40 per cent in the six years till 2007-08. It is one of the country’s fastest-growing non-life insurance segments.

Medical Insurance Options

With the advent of the Internet you can now go online and get medical insurance quotes in just a matter of minutes. The easiest way to do this is to go to an insurance comparison website where you fill out a single questionnaire to get multiple quotes from different companies. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s free.

Medical insurance contains  several options to choose,  All plans differ in their offerings that you have to pay, and how easy the services are to access. Below points will help you to determine the best medical insurance coverage.

Firstly, you will find that medical insurance plans are of two types:

1. Either that of compensation, which is basically fee-for-service plans.

2. Or managed care which is basically an agreement to have a certain doctor look after your needs. View Full Article »

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