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3rd April 2016, 02:19 PM
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Health Insurance Portability India
Hello sir I am here as I want to know what the meaning of Health Insurance portability is and also tell me about its right and conditions as explained by IRDA??
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3rd April 2016, 02:20 PM
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Re: Health Insurance Portability India
Health insurance portability is a facility to transfer your health insurance policy from an existing company to another without many hassles When you change your health insurance policy from one insurance company to another, you don’t have to lose the benefits you have accumulated. In the past in health insurance policies, such a move resulted in your losing benefits like the waiting period for covering "Pre-existing Diseases". Now IRDA protects you by giving you the right to port your policy to any other insurer of your choice. It has laid down that your new insurer “shall allow for credit gained by the insured for pre-existing condition(s) in terms of waiting period”. This applies not only when you move from one insurer to another but also from one plan to another with the same insurer. Rights -You can port your policy from and to any general insurance company or specialised health insurance company -You can port any individual/ family policies -Your new insurer has to give you the credit relating to waiting period for pre-existing conditions that you have gained with the old insurer -Your new insurer has to insure you at least up to the sum insured under the old policy -The two insurers should complete the porting as per the timelines prescribed in the IRDA (Protection of Policyholders’ Interests) Regulations and guidelines Conditions -You can port the policy only at the juncture of renewal. That is, the new insurance period will be with the new insurance company -Apart from the waiting period credit, all other terms of the new policy including the premium are at the discretion of the new insurance company -At least 45 days before your renewal is due you have to Write to your old insurance company requesting a shift Specify company to which you want to shift the policy Renew your policy without a break (there is a 30 day grace period if porting is under process) |