Health Insurance: Cancer patient wins case against insurance firm
Health Insurance : Consumer Forum directs insurance company to pay Rs 5.5 lakh
The Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ordered New India Assurance Co Ltd to pay Rs 3 lakh to a Malad resident, 14 years after she underwent a bypass surgery and the company repudiated her claim. The insurance company will also pay the victim, Rama Shetty, a reimbursement amount of Rs 2.56 lakh.
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The Mumbai Suburban District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum recently ordered an insurance company to pay for the treatment of a Parkinson’s disease patient from Santa Cruz who had undergone ayurvedic treatment. Read more
Consumer Forum asks insurers to compensate policy holders
Commission Holds ICICI Lombard General Insurance, two Others Liable for Deficiency in Service
The Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Gujarat State, dismissed the appeal against the order of the Ahmedabad City Forum, holding Healthcops ICICI Lombard General Insurance Limited, Mumbai, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Limited, and ICICI Bank liable for deficiency in Read more
Forum Orders United India Insurance to Pay Rs. 1 Lakh Plus to Widow
The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Ahmedabad (Rural), held United India Insurance Company Limited, Ahmedabad Regional Office, and its office at Palanpur, Banaskantha district, guilty of deficiency. Read more
Drinking no reason to deny Health Insurance Claim due to cirrhosis
Setting aside a district forum order, the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum last week directed an insurance company to disburse the insured sum to a Masjid Bunder-based man. Read more
Disease not known by insured cannot be treated as Pre Existing
If any disease is not diagnosed specifically it cannot be treated as Pre Existing Disease. Insurance Company ordered to pay the claim. Read more
Insurance Claim time barred- Repudiated by Insurance Ombudsman
Insured cannot file an appeal for claim rejected by Insurer after the stipulated time period. In the instant case the complainant filed the appeal after 2 years. Appeal rejected by Insurance Ombudsman. Read more
Condition of the Complainant did not warrant hospitalisation : Insurance Claim Dismissed by Ombudsman
The condition of the Complainant at the time of admission in the Hospital was such as not to warrant hospitalisation. Repudiation of claim by Newindia upheld by Insurance Ombudsman, Ahmedabad
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