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Is your Health Insurance Enough to Cover the ‘Omicron’ Covid-19 Variant?
Health insurance has always played a very important role in everyone’s lives. However, with the outbreak of the pandemic last year, its importance has increased manifolds. Prior to 2020, having health insurance was important, but now the amount of coverage has superseded all other requirements. People have not only understood the need for health insurance,…
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Tax Filing tips to Catch-up with the IT Deadline
The IT department extended the tax filing deadline to 31st December 2021 for filing your returns for the financial year 2020-21. This extension was allowed keeping in mind the disruptions caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the it deadline is drawing to a close. Have you filed your taxes yet? If…
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5 Things you Might Not Know About Health Insurance
A health insurance policy is important as it helps in covering the expenses of medical treatments and hospitalisation. It, thus, provides financial protection and becomes an important part of your financial portfolio. However, a health insurance policy has certain technical aspects which stump many policyholders. Despite the rising awareness among policyholders, some of the finer…
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Why should you Opt for a Comprehensive Family Health Insurance Plan?
‘Family’ is the one word which holds your entire world together. While most of you toil day in and day out to provide for your family, a medical emergency might put a big question on the adequacy of such a provision. When any member of your family falls ill, you ensure that the member receives…
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Did you know these Taxation facts about your Insurance policies?
Insurance is popular not only for its benefits but also for its tax-saving nature. Whether you buy life insurance or health insurance you get tax savings on both. In fact, in a life insurance policy, even the surrender value is tax-free in your hands. However, when it comes to taxation, there are certain rules which…
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Family Floater vs Individual Health Insurance
When it comes to health insurance policies, there are two variants that you can choose from – individual policy and family floater policy. Both these policies allow coverage to family members but the way the coverage is provided is different. This creates a major difference between the policies and gives rise to the merits and…
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Porting your Health insurance is Very Easy Now!
One of the first steps towards comprehensive financial planning is to avail adequate health insurance for yourself and your dependents. There is a need to ensure that the health insurance cover is adequate to cover the expense pattern in current times. Health insurance policies enable us to afford medical treatments without undue out-of-pocket expenses. The…
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What is the Black Fungus all about?
While India struggles hard to deal with the ravaging second wave of Covid-19, there are reports of a spate in cases of black fungus-a rare infection, among the people who have recovered or are recovering from Covid-19. Dr VP Pandey, head of the hospital’s department of medicine, recently told BBC that the “Black Fungus infection…
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Covishield or Covaxin: Which One Should You Take?
With the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc in India, one of the most effective defence mechanisms is vaccination. Unless there is mass vaccination, the pandemic will continue to come in waves and create tremendous devastation. Thankfully, the third phase of the vaccination drive has been announced in India and everyone above the age of 18 years…
