• Top 5 Health Insurance Plans for Senior Citizens (2011)


    Top 5 Health Insurance Plans for Senior Citizens on the basis of Coverage
    S.No. Plan Name Entry Age (years) Renewal Allowed Max. Sum Insured (Rs. lakh) Co-Pay
    1. Max Bupa's Heart Beat
    till age 80 Life Long Platinum Policy - Sum Insured upto 50 lacs If any person is 65 years or above on the date of commencement of the plan, Max Bupa will pay 80% of reasonable and customary charges
    2. Bajaj Allianz Health Guard
    18-65 80 => Sum insured from Rs. 1lakh to Rs.10 lakhs can be opted from 3 months to 55 yrs.
    => Sum insured from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakhs can be opted from 56 yrs to 65 yrs.
    => 10% co-payment of the admissible claim to be paid by the member,if treatment is taken in a hospital other than a network hospital.
    => 20% Co-payment applicable for any insured person aged 56yrs and above.
    3. Oriental Insurance's Hope
    No upper limit 80 5 20% of claim amount
    4. Star Health's Senior Citizen Red Carpet

    60-69 Life Long 2 50% for insured who did not go for medical tests before taking policy
    5. National Insurance's Varistha Mediclaim


    60-80
    90
    1 10%

    *Data Source - Company websites.

    Top 5 Health Insurance Plans for Senior Citizens on the basis of Premium
    S.No. Plan Name Premium (SI 1 Lacs, 60 Years) Premium (SI 5 Lacs, 60 Years)
    1. National Insurance's Varistha Mediclaim 4180 N.A.
    2. Oriental Insurance's Hope 4500 19700
    3. Star Health's Senior Citizen Red Carpet 4908 19854
    4. Bajaj Allianz Health Guard 5130 17879
    5. Max Bupa's Heart Beat 13946 # 27333

    # Only option for SI 2,00,000 available.

    Top 4 Health Insurance Plans for Senior Citizens on the basis of Claim Settlement Ratio
    S.No. Insurance Company FY 2009-10*
    1. Oriental Insurance 88%
    2. Bajaj Allianz
    73%
    3. Star Health
    63%
    4. Max Bupa 54%

    *Data Source - IRDA. Claim settlement data for quarter ended Dec 31, 2010.