Father's health insurance
Hi,
My father is 73 years old and I took a health insurance for him from Religare (through policy bazaar) in Jan 2018.
I've been paying a premium of ~55k for a 5 lakh cover for the last 3 years and it is due for renewal soon. I was keen to get some inputs on whether this sounds reasonable to go ahead with or if I should explore any other insurance offerings? Or explore making this a floater with addnl amount for my dad & mom. My mother currently has a floater insurance with me for 4L combined from New India assurance and I have a 2L cover for family through my company
My father had diabetes as a pre existing condition but there has been no claims made over the last 3 years. Would be grateful to get any advice on how I can think about this.
Thanks,
Karum
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Hi Rohan,
Premiums are generally this high when age goes beyond 60 years and pre existing medical conditions are declared at the policy inception. The risk (of claims)based loading(extra premium) inflates the premium, which I guess is making you think that it might be expensive,
However with better products and enhanced coverages being offered by health insurers, it might be worthwhile to do a comparative study to see if you could port your parents policy to a different company with higher coverage or restore/recharge benefits. Premiums may or may not reduce, as it will be completely the prerogative of the underwriters at the
insurance company.
@mahavir ji, how can we help Mr Rohan get the most value out of his current premium amount.