After eight-year moratorium all health insurance claims to be paid, says IRDAI
Once you have paid premiums for a health insurance policy for eight years continuously, your insurer will have to pay all claims as per the policy limits from April 1, 2021 onwards.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) in its guidelines on standardisation of terms and clauses in health insurance said that after the expiry of the eight-year moratorium period no health insurance claim can be contested. The exceptions are proven fraud and permanent exclusions specified in the policy contract.
This means policyholders need not wait in anticipation for the health insurer to approve a claim once eight years are over. It is a given that the claim will have to be settled within the admissible limits of the medical insurance product.
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For the modified health guidelines, IRDAI said this will be applicable to products filed on or after October 1. All policy contracts of existing health insurance products that are not in compliance with these guidelines have to be modified during renewal from April 1, 2021 onwards.
If an individual has multiple policies and claims exceed limits in one policy, IRDAI said these persons can choose the insurer from whom he/she wants to claim the balance amount.
available for life insurance products as well. Under Section 45 of the Insurance Act, no life policy claim can be contested once a third-year term period is over.