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Insurance cover in 2025
4+ hour, 7+ min ago (236+ words) Year 2025 was remarkable for insurance with some great regulatory milestones, including the zero GST reform and for Indians as they started seeing insurance as a foundational decision for financial planning rather than borne out of need to save tax. This…...
Revenue clinics helping people to quick redressal: Collector
2+ week, 6+ day ago (144+ words) Published - December 29, 2025 04:45 pm IST - PARVATIPURAM Revenue Clinics were helping people to get redressal and response very quickly with regard to their land grievances, Parvatipuram-Manyam District Collector N. Prabhakar Reddy said. He received grievances from petitioners at the Revenue Clinic established along…...
MEDISEP Phase II launch on January 1, with increased premium, coverage
3+ week, 5+ day ago (221+ words) Updated - December 23, 2025 07:52 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Phase II of the Medical Insurance Scheme for State Employees and Pensioners (MEDISEP) will be launched on January 1, 2026, with the Kerala government issuing orders according administrative sanction for implementing the scheme. As expected, the…...
Experts push for wider insurance access, coverage
3+ week, 6+ day ago (155+ words) Published - December 22, 2025 07:02 pm IST - VISAKHAPATNAM A national seminar on "Insurance for All by 2047" was organised by the Visakhapatnam Insurance Educational Society, an institute associated to the Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai, in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. . A.V.R. Krishna Murthy, secretary of the…...
SC says PMGKY insurance applies to requisitioned COVID-19 doctors
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (415+ words) Published - December 12, 2025 09:57 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Friday observed that the nation must not forget the unwavering sacrifice and heroism of doctors and health workers during the pandemic days while holding that the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan…...
WHO, B-school study shows how digitally unified insurance systems can transform India's healthcare
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (253+ words) Published - December 07, 2025 12:40 pm IST - New Delhi Digitally unified insurance systems can enhance transparency, reduce fragmentation and improve access under India's evolving subsidised health insurance setup, according to a new study by the Goa Institute of Management (GIM), WHO and Gates…...
LIC introduces Protection Plus, Bima Kavach plans
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (189+ words) Published - December 04, 2025 10:39 pm IST - HYDERABAD The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has introduced two new plans Protection Plus and Bima Kavach. LIC Protection Plus is a non par, linked, life, individual, savings plan that offers life insurance cover cum savings…...
In Focus podcast | Health insurance: Decoding the mismatch between claims filed and settled
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (121+ words) Adding to this issue is the steep rise in health insurance premiums. Earlier this year, the IRDAI, had directed that premiums for senior citizens not be revised by over 10% a year " this came after senior citizen premiums were going up…...
KTU launches group personal accident insurance scheme for students
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) Published - November 28, 2025 07:21 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) has rolled out a comprehensive group personal accident insurance scheme (GPAIS) for students enrolled in its affiliated colleges and university-run schools. Under the scheme, which came into force from…...
IRDAI concerned over rising customer complaints
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (292+ words) Published - November 26, 2025 09:20 pm IST - HYDERABAD Expressing concern over rising customer complaints, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) chairman Ajay Seth on Wednesday underscored the need for the insurance companies to significantly improve the quality and timeliness of…...