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Women & Financial Independence:Navigating insurance and long term planning
In terms of product preferences, women increasingly opt for a mix...
IRDAI meets stakeholders of healthcare industry,forms 5 Working Groups for addressing critical challenges in health insurance
"The collaboration between payers and providers is essential for a...
Bird flu outbreaks on farms in Kerala state reported, WOAH says
The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has raised concerns among governments and the poultry industry after it ravaged flocks around the world in recent years, disrupting supply, fuelling higher food prices and raising the risk of human transmission...
S Prakash appointed as first CEO,Health Insurance, GI Council,to spearhead sector reforms
S Prakash, CEO-designate, Health Insurance, General Insurance Council One of the immediate tasks, Prakash will undertake- taking forward the ongoing negotiations with hospitals to bring them under the common empanelment platform that will facilitate payment of uniform...
Punjab to roll out Rs 10 lakh universal healthcare cover for 65 lakh families,UII to provide Rs 1lakh health insurance
Mathew George,executive director, United Indian Insurance and Balbir Singh,Punjab Health Minister at the agreement signing event between Punjab and UII to provide Rs 1 lakh universal cover to state's population The universal healthcare cover will be provided to all 65...
Govt probes insurers paying excessive distribution commissions without growing business
The Department of Financial services (DFS) has sent letters to general insurers and life insurers through their respective councils- General Insurance Council and Life Insurance Council- after both- the insurance regulator IRDAI and the banking regulator Reserve Bank...
RBI faults Indian insurers’ high-cost distribution strategies
Premium growth in the Indian insurance industry has been increasingly driven by high-cost distribution-led strategies rather than operating efficiency. In non-life sector, commission growth has significantly outpaced other operating expenses, the RBI said mentioned in...
Surgeon in Shanghai remotely operates on 2 patients at Mumbai hospital
The surgeries, a radical prostatectomy and a partial nephrectomy, were conducted recently using the Toumai Remote Robotic Surgery System at the patients admitted at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH) in Mumbai's Andheri area, said the multispeciality...
Experts advocated setting up of “micro-hospitals” to curb curb India’s deaths due to NCDs
Hospital bed density lags at just 0.55 per 1,000 population -- far below the WHO's 3 per 1,000 benchmarks -- leading to overcrowded facilities, long wait times, and variability in care quality New Delhi: As India's healthcare system buckles under a non-communicable...
Indian Healthcare-2025:Robust growth in AB-PMJAY and digital delivery, AI next frontier
The health ministry's initiative, launch in October last year, to expand the scope of the scheme by providing free treatment benefits of up to Rs 5 lakh per year to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above, irrespective of their socio-economic status, through...
Country’s 70% provided with free medical treatment up to Rs 15 lakh: Amit Shah
Amit Shah, Home Minister Amit Shah, Home Minister, said the Indian Medical Association's focus must shift from illness to wellness as the core concept. Along with medicines, greater emphasis should be placed on providing advice and guidance for a healthy lifestyle....
Obesity treatment drugs to be new growth engine for pharma industry: Sun Pharma
"Improving access to GLP-1 treatments in the coming years will be a key driver for the Indian pharmaceutical industry, helping address the growing burden of lifestyle diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Combined with AI-enabled digital tools for early disease...