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BENGALURU: Karnataka stands third among states, after Maharashtra and Gujarat, in terms of Covid-19 insurance claims from the start of the pandemic until April 1, 2021. Patients in the state have claimed Rs 11,36,36,58,040 crore through public and private insurance so far. The figures for Maharashtra and Gujarat are Rs 4,345 crore and Rs 1,922 crore, respectively.
As per an analysis done by Jeevan Raksha, an initiative of Proxima, supported by Public Health Foundation of India, average Covid-19 claims from some districts are higher than Bengaluru, although the cost of running a hospital in the metropolitan city is significantly higher. This is as per data from the General Insurance Council of India.
Second wave pushes Covid health claims up 27% at 10 lakh
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Second wave pushes Covid health claims up 27% at 10 lakh
Mamtha Asokan / TNN / Updated: Apr 3, 2021, 09:15 IST
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CHENNAI: Health insurance claims related to Covid have jumped to 9.9 lakh worth Rs 14,500 crore, up 27% from 7.8 lakh claims worth Rs 11,850 crore as on January 31, according to sources in the General Insurance Council.
The surge follows the second wave of infections that hit the country in February 2021. ICICI Lombard General Insurance’s head of claims Sanjay Datta said that March 2021 has recorded last year’s peak figures driven by claims filed from Maharashtra.
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance’s head of health claims Bhaskar Nerurkar said, “Claims applied for Covid treatment have gone up by 50% at 150 claims per day in March, as compared to the lowest recorded in January at 100 claims per day.”