LIC Jeevan Arogya: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was ordered by National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to pay Rs 1.6 lakh to a policyholder of LIC Jeevan Arogya health insurance policy. The policyholder s father underwent an hernia surgery in Apollo Hospitals, Chennai and incurred more than Rs 2 lakh in 2016, however LIC paid the policyholder only Rs 17,100.
Rejecting the contention of the Life Insurance Corporation of India Ltd (LIC) that ventral hernia surgery is not covered under the list of major surgical benefits under its Jeevan Arogya policy, the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC) directed LIC to pay Rs1.60 lakh as claim for medical treatment to the policyholder.