Tagged: waiting period

Two health insurance policy documents side by side during a portability switch
Health Insurance5 min read

Porting your health policy: you keep the waiting periods you have already served

People stay in a policy that no longer fits because they believe switching restarts the clock. It does not. Waiting periods port with you. What actually destroys continuity is a renewal paid late.

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Calendar marking the three-year pre-existing disease waiting period on a health policy
Health Insurance3 min read

Pre-existing disease waiting periods dropped to three years. And the five-year rule that matters more

IRDAI cut the maximum pre-existing disease waiting period from four years to three, removed the age cap on buying cover, and lifted AYUSH sub-limits. The moratorium clause is the one nobody talks about.

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