Did you know your #LifeInsurance claim cannot be rejected after 3 years?
When you buy Life #Insurance, you have to make certain disclosures to the insurer. These include your age, income, policies you’ve already bought, and your current health condition and family history
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If any of these details are inaccurate, your claim can be rejected.
However, it can only be rejected within 3 years of buying the policy.
According to Section 45 of the Insurance Act, 1938, insurers only have 3 years to call the facts of a policy in question.
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Post this, claims cannot be denied due to misrepresentation.
If a person was disclosed as a non-smoker in 2015, but passes away as a smoker in 2021, their claim cannot be rejected
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Is your age the only determinant of your #HealthInsurance premium?
#Premiums refer to the payment that you make to your insurance company so that they can take care of your medical expenses.
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The actual amount depends on how likely you are to require a payout in the future and how much your insurer might have to pay in such an event.
There are various factors that affect this amount:
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1) Your age: Health Insurance costs less in your youth. The older you get, the more likely you are to develop certain diseases- and so your premiums are higher.
Bringing a child into the world is a magical experience. But it's also very expensive. And unfortunately, your regular #HealthInsurance policy may not cover pregnancy and childbirth expenses.
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The reason is that Health Insurance covers unforeseen medical expenses, and getting pregnant is a very real possibility for most couples.
But don't fret- you can opt for maternity insurance as an add-on. This usually covers:
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1) Hospitalisation, as well as pre and post-hospitalization expense 2) Delivery expenses 3) Pre and post-natal expenses 4) Treatment expenses for children born with congenital conditions
Keep in mind: 1) Maternity Insurance is expensive as there is a very high claim ratio
Most Health Insurers place a limit on the amount you can claim for the rent of a hospital room. Usually, this limit is 1% of the total coverage.
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Example- Mohan's health policy has a Sum Insured of ₹5 Lakhs and the Sub-Limit for hospital room rent is 1%. If Mohan is hospitalized, his insurer will only cover room rent costs up to ₹5000 per day (1% of ₹5 Lakhs).
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If his room costs more than that, he’ll have to pay the difference himself. You may think that doesn’t sound so bad. He'd probably have to shell out a few extra thousands at most, right?
Wrong
Because room rent sub-limits also leads to proportionate deduction
#Locusts might be coming back. Can insurance protect farmers?
A few days ago, certain districts in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh sounded an alert for a possible locust attack.
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Locusts travel in large swarms of up to 80 million and can eat up to their own weight in crops every day. They wreak devastation wherever they go. And so, the farmers in these areas need to protect their crops however they can.
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The last time Rajasthan saw a locust attack was in 2020. At the time, the state saw a 45% jump in enrolment for the government-sponsored crop insurance scheme Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).