PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

Insurance products that are Must Have

According to me the following are must have in order of importance:

  1. Personal Accident Insurance
  2. Critical Illness Cover
  3. Health Insurance
  4. Car/Bike Insurance
  5. Term Life Insurance

Please feel free to suggest other products, if I have missed any. Also please suggest any recommended insurance providers for those products.

18mo ago
PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel
CosmicQuokka
CosmicQuokka

Every tried getting a car accident claim from acko, they'll ask you bring car to their prefered workshop instead of car company workshop, which itself contradictory to car's warranty, car company could void warranty for external repairs.

JazzyNarwhal
JazzyNarwhal

Try making a claim with Digit.

PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

I gave least importance to Term Life Insurance, because for this product one can never claim on their own.

JazzyNarwhal
JazzyNarwhal

I'm an insurance advisor. Let's do an exercise.

  1. Write three names who are going to help your family in your sudden loss.

  2. For how long and how much per month are they going to provide to your family members? Include expenses like rent, emi, groceries, school fees, parents medicals etc.

PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

My Aunts and Uncles, will provide as much as possible for as long a possible, in case of any sudden loss.

BubblyPotato
BubblyPotato

Any suggestions for a good health insurance? Apart from the one the employer already provides

PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

Yes, have home cooked food daily, exercise for 30 minutes every day, that will cover you against almost all illness. For diseases such as Cancer which can happen to anyone, buy a Critical Illness Insurance.

CosmicQuokka
CosmicQuokka

Ask from a reputed hospital near your house, which insurance provider has best relation with them it's easier to get treatment done, otherwise in cashless claims the hospital might treat you to lower priority because your insurance company doesn't pays them on time.

JazzyNarwhal
JazzyNarwhal

Critical illness cover is not required. It's almost a waste. I'm an insurance advisor. I know what I'm talking about.

PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

But it covers Cancer, which may happen to anyone suddenly.

CosmicQuokka
CosmicQuokka

what's the simplest travel insurance provider, I'll be visiting Thailand for a month, online influenzas suggest buying travel insurance I've not yet researched what's good,

GigglyDonut
GigglyDonut

Isn't 1,2, 3 redundant? All 3 are covered in health insurance

PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

Yes, you are right, but Personal Accident and Critical Illness Covers can be considered for someone who doesn't want to purchase a Health Insurance.

WobblyPancake
WobblyPancake
Dukaan18mo

Health insurance is more exp?

SwirlyPretzel
SwirlyPretzel

Priority of insurance products -

  1. Health insurance - important to cover your expenses and have access to high quality (maybe more expensive) care to stay alive

  2. Car / bike insurance - required by law

  3. Term insurance - must have if you have dependents and don’t have enough savings.

  4. Critical illness cover - this is optional and gives a payout in some cases - only certain cancers and certain stages are covered. It gives a lump sum payment on diagnosis and one needs to be alive for x days after diagnosis to get the claim. The real use case could be that because of some critical illness, one is unable to work (loss of income / job) and this provides some monetary relief. A regular health insurance ensures the cost of treatments are covered and not the above risk.

  5. Personal accident - avoidable - accidental death is covered by term insurance. Hospitalisation expense is covered by health insurance. The corner case this might (not all plans do) cover would be lump sum payout in case of disability that’s either temporary or permanent.

PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

Personal Accident Insurance can be recommended for someone who doesn't have a Health Insurance.

Personal Accident Insurance is far cheaper than a Health Insurance and covers hospitalization too.

https://www.icicilombard.com/health-insurance/personal-accident-insurance?opt=pp&source=nav

JumpyWalrus
JumpyWalrus

5,3,1,2,4

JazzyBagel
JazzyBagel

Not so optimised list 😕

PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

Please suggest changes.

CosmicQuokka
CosmicQuokka

I only have a health insurance, no term insurance maybe will get one after marriage, vehicle insurance is mandated by law should not count that.

PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

You can buy a Personal Accident Insurance, it's much cheaper than a Term Insurance.

PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

For Critical Illness Cover, I recommend: HDFC ERGO’s Critical Illness Policy

https://www.hdfcergo.com/health-insurance/critical-illness-insurance

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