INSURANCE executives held out hope to the afflicted late last month by announcing their willingness to end a notorious industry practice: charging higher premiums to people with health problems or denying them coverage altogether.
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Cattle guard Jyoti Rajak of Dhanbad will soon be covered under a group insurance scheme. Picture by Gautam Dey
Dhanbad, Feb. 19: For the first time in the country, a group insurance scheme has been introduced for cattle guards. And showing the way is the Dhanbad forest division.
Chandigarh: All the persons registered under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Haryana will now be insured under micro insurance scheme. An official spokesman said that Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has been roped in for the implementation of this scheme.
CHANDIGARH: The National Health Insurance Scheme will be implemented in all Haryana districts to provide free treatment to three members of each family living below the poverty line in authorised private hospitals.
CHENNAI: The State Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Thursday welcomed the State government move to introduce Health Insurance Scheme for Life Saving Treatments for the poor and low-income groups.
CHENNAI: The government will launch an insurance scheme for the poor and low- income groups to get the best medical treatment in government and private hospitals, Governor Surjit Singh Barnala said on Wednesday. It would benefit about one crore families. The insurance cover would be up to Rs.1 lakh.
JAIPUR: Over 15 lakh farmers in Rajasthan who have obtained cooperative loans were given the benefit of life insurance on payment of a nominal premium through a new scheme sponsored by the Life Insurance Corporation of India here on Monday.
The most powerful earthquake in China since 1950 shows the nation's insurance industry is decades behind those of the world's biggest economies. Just 5 per cent of the more than $20 billion of damages from the quake in Sichuan province is covered by insurance, according to estimates from an official at the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, who declined to be identified.
