health insurance tips for students travelling abroad

Unless the university makes it mandatory for you to buy the health cover it provides, you can waive it, especially if you are already covered as a dependant or want to purchase it privately. You can pick one from a local insurer in the country you are travelling to, or an Indian insurance company before you leave. 

Many students club the premium with the tuition fee for convenience, but the university may not offer the best deal, and it is wise to compare. Despite the online channel, it's not easy to buy a plan from a foreign insurer. So start by surfing the domestic plans. For some universities like MIT and Stanford, the plan must comply with their guidelines. If the prepackaged plan doesn't match the requirements, insurers are ready to tweak it.  

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Why you must have a child insurance plan

The rising cost of education is troubling Indian parents. More than 60% of the respondents in an online survey by ET Wealth listed this as their biggest worry. This was followed by lack of knowledge, not saving enough and starting too late. 

We hadn't included the biggest worry-the risk of their own untimely death-as a choice. We should have. According to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics, an Indian dies in an accident every 90 seconds. 

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Primer: All you wanted to know about e-insurance accounts

IRDA wants all its customers to move to a paperless world. The introduction of insurance repository system (IRS) is one such part of this initiative. An account called e-insuranceaccount will be available for all customers who hold insurance policies. This is similar to demat account which was introduced for eliminating physical storage of stocks or mutual funds.  http://www.myallagents.com/Primer-All-you-wanted-to-know-about-einsurance-accounts/details.html

Quations & Answers on Lic India

As name suggests this rider, waives payment of future premiums for a specific term, subject to certain conditions.

A Waiver of Premium rider opted along with a children’s plan ensures the policy stays in force to accumulate wealth for the child’s future, and earns returns or benefits on the investment made in the policy. So even in the event of any death or disability, your policy is taken care of. It works its way towards building a corpus for your child’s education or marriage, making it available at the time when it is actually required. Most children’s plans offered by insurance companies come with an inbuilt waiver of premium rider, if not they, could be individually opted for too. 

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IPL 2014 Seeking A 1100 Crore Insurance Cover

Indian Premier League (IPL), the Indian Professional league which has popularized T20 cricket – the shortest form of professional cricket is back with a bang. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) which is the organizing body of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is planning for an insurance cover of Rs 1,100 crore for the 2014 tournament. IPL is the most-watched Twenty20 cricket league in the world. It is generally considered to be the highest-profile showcase in the world for Twenty20 club cricket. During the sixth IPL season (2013) its brand value was estimated to be around US$3.03 billion. IPL 4th season (2011) was insured for an amount of Rs.750 crore and the IPL-7 is all set to get bumper coverage.   http://www.myallagents.com/IPL-2014-Seeking-A-1100-Crore-Insurance-Cover/details.html

10 things to look for in your insurance policy

Life insurance is the only financial tool which offers the triple advantage of risk coverage, long term savings and tax benefit. It offers financial protection to an individual after taking into account the present and future value of his assets and liabilities. However, while the awareness and acceptance of insurance in India is growing, consumers need to develop a better understanding of the products they buy. There are a number of things that each of your life insurance policies should spell out and include, and the document is a complete guide to exactly what your insurance contract covers. This is why it is always important to check a policy very carefully when you first receive it, to make sure that everything you requested is written down in the policy. Mentioned below are ten key parameters to weigh once you received the policy documents.  http://www.myallagents.com/10-things-to-look-for-in-your-insurance-policy/details.html

LIC online term plan: How is it different?

Pankaaj Maalde, Head-Financial Planning, Apna Paisa. It’s rightly said “It’s never too late to start a new beginning”. At last LIC, one of the largest players in life insurance business, launches online term plan which will not only increase awareness but also increase the competition in the market. LIC move also will force other players, who still have not launched it, to launch online term plan soon. Even premium of LIC online term plans is higher compared to peers it will help people to understand the need of life insurance and also reveal the facts that how the investment products are bundled. This will help them to separate insurance and investment need in future.   http://www.myallagents.com/LIC-online-term-plan-How-is-it-different/details.html

                

General Insurance(Questions & Answers): Rakesh Jain

Today, Rakesh Jain, chief executive officer, Reliance General Insurance, answers your questions
A recent blood and thyroid test revealed that I am a borderline case for hyperthyroidism and blood sugar. My doctor says both are curable. Will I be rejected by a general insurer if I want to buy health insurance?
When you fill in proposal form please declare the diseases/conditions you have been diagnosed with. Depending upon an individual company's underwriting norms, they may accept your proposal or ask for certain medical reports and then decide. 
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How much health coverage is good enough for you

How much health coverage is good enough? Which is the best health plan in India? These are questions that insurance experts are asked frequently. And while there are no fixed answers to such questions, it is alarming to find that a major number of Indians are uninsured. That means the majority of the population doesn’t have health insurance and Indians are the second largest group of people who pay their health bills out of their own pockets. While this is a highly worrying situation, we can draw some consolation from the fact that the health insurance sector in India is growing. More and more people are buying health plans and the IRDA has also simplified the rules, making it easier to buy and use health insurance. Read on to know more. 
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LIC FAQ

hi, this is kumar, took lic jeevan anand policy for a SA of 1500000 with a premium of 6450/month for a period of 21 yrs. i just paid my first 3 premiums, but now i'm in dilemma whether to continue or discontinue at this junction without waiting till surrender value? Anyhow i don't want to take risk investing in Eq/shares, but in MF. please let me out of this confusion LIC Jeevan Anand is a good savings option and do not exit it just because you are confused. This is a plan where you get guaranteed returns and not to mention your capital (all premiums) is also secured. It is not good to compare a guaranteed return insurance plan (which gives tax benefits also) with an equity product like stocks, shares and mutual funds which doesn’t give any guarantee of capital and returns.

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Uday Kotak: Government should list LIC; move from NREGA to KAREGA

NEW DELHI: Advocating the need to ensure better fiscal management, Uday Kotak, the Vice-chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank on Tuesday suggested a big-ticket measure of listing the Life InsuranceCorporation of India (LIC).
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LIC trims stake in Infosys to 3.25 percent; garners Rs 850 crore

LIC, the biggest institutional investor in the stock market, held 3.71 percent stake in Infosys during the October-December quarter, which has fallen to 3.25 percent as of March 31, 2014

The state-run firm has been reducing its stake in Infosys since June quarter. It held 6.72 percent stake in the country's second largest software services exporter at the end of June 30, 2012, as per the latest data available with the stock exchanges. 

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Why is there a vast difference in premiums of various term insurance plans?

Insurance premium is an amount paid by the policyholder to the insurance company in return for the risk cover. Every insurance company assesses the risk differently and accordingly decides the premium. So if Company A assesses your risk to be low, they will offer you lower premiums. But if Company B considers you to belong to a high risk profile, then they will offer you high premium amount 
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No medical test sought? Claims may be rejected

Kapil Mehta, managing director of SecureNow Insurance Brokers, does not favour online term products that don’t require medical tests. This increases the possibility of repudiation, he says. Typically, online term plans don’t require medical check-ups up to a particular sum assured, typically Rs 45-50 lakh and up to 40-45 years of age. For higher sums assured, insurers issue policies after medical declarations. 
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Draft rules ban replacement of life insurance policies

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) said insurers could not replace life insurance  policiesunless in the interest of policyholders.
This was to protect the long-term interest of policyholders and to discourage intermediaries from persuading customers to surrender their policies and take up new ones, Irda said in the exposure draft on rules related to the replacement of life insurance policies released on Wednesday. Feedback on the draft can be given till July 20 
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Seek details from insurance agents

You walk into a bank to invest some surplus money in a fixed deposit. The relationship manager offers you another ‘fixed deposit’ linked to a security and gives tax-free interest. Should you go for it? No, because no bank deposit gives tax-free interest and you are being offered an investment-relatedinsurance policy 
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Replacing your life insurance policy might get tougher

Often, insurance policyholders are misled into replacing their policies with new ones, with promises of lower premia or better returns. Though the process wasn’t difficult so far, this might change soon. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) has issued draft guidelines on replacement of life insurance policies. Now, an agent should secure the written consent of the policyholder, inform the existing insurer 15 days before submitting new proposal forms, and send the forms to the new company only after this 15-day period. In their policy documents, insurance companies must advise customers not to surrender, lapse or make paid-up existing policies before taking on a new one. They should also advise customers not to withhold full or part amount of the surrender value payable, and inform the new company of a customer’s existing policies. 
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Are private insurance companies safe for investment?

People always think twice before investing in a private insurance company . They have a doubt whether their investment will be safe with private insurers in India or not. With globalization in the year 2000, there has been a surge of private insurance  companies in the Indian economy. But even now the attitude of the investors’ is skeptical. The private insurers are relatively new in the country and do not have a past record, and thus people often doubt their credibility 
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Should I buy an Insurance policy from a Public Sector Company or Private Sector Company?

It is a matter of choice for each individual customer. Private sector companies are perceived to much quicker in delivery, but Public Sector companies are fast catching up on this front. Factors like trust, speed of delivery and claims efficiency should be kept in mind while making your choice.. 
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Uncovered

Twelve years ago India’s insurance sector, till then a preserve of government-owned companies, was thro­wn open to the private sector. In these years India has emerged as the world’s 11th largest insurance market in terms of premium, and has drawn global giants. 
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