₹8642 Cr. Even tele-consultations can be covered. IRDAI shall direct companies to prioritise authorisations and settlements of Covid cases, the finance minister said in another tweet.In last one month as the daily covid-19 case count reached the level of 3 lakhs per day, the insurance claims in parallel also have gone up manifold.
The insurance companies claimed that they are though bearing monitory losses but settling the most “genuine" claims. The Public Grievance cell of the government pertaining to health insurance claims has been receiving several complaints regarding denial of health insurance claims.“Earlier out of the total claims, around 20 to 30% health claims were of covid-19 patients.