INSURANCE NEWS – HEALTH INSURANCE

Even as Government-backed health insurance has picked up, general insurers still find the going tough in rural and semi-urban markets.

North Eastern state of Meghalaya has undertaken an ambitious plan to bring all its three million population under a health insurance plan. The state has roped in International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank (WB), to assist it in “designing and implementing” the insurance plan, including promoting private sector participation.