As galore arsenic 20 backstage insurers shelled retired little than 80 per cent of the magnitude claimed by the insured patients successful the wellness security conception successful the state successful the twelvemonth 2023.
This means if an insured diligent made a assertion of Rs 1 lakh arsenic infirmary bill, the insurer paid lone little than Rs 80,000 portion the equilibrium magnitude was paid by the patient.
In the lawsuit of claims paid ratio of the existent magnitude claimed — the magnitude paid during the twelvemonth from the full magnitude of claims disposable for processing — New India Assurance leads with a payout of 98.74 per cent of the magnitude claimed. It was followed by Oriental Insurance with a payout of 97.35 per cent, information released by the Insurance Brokers Association of India (IBAI) connected Thursday shows.
The assertion ratio for the twelvemonth 2024 is yet to beryllium compiled.
The existent magnitude shelled retired by HDFC Ergo was 71.35 per cent of the claimed magnitude and for ICICI Lombard, it was astatine 63.98 per cent, IBAI information says.
Meanwhile, lone 4 security companies person reported a assertion paid ratio (on the fig of claims) of implicit 90 per cent successful the twelvemonth 2023 retired of 29 insurers progressive successful wellness security business. As galore arsenic 10 insurers, mostly backstage insurers, showed a assertion paid ratio beneath 80 per cent, IBAI information shows.
IBAI information shows that New India Assurance leads with a assertion paid ratio (on the fig of claims) of 95.04 per cent, followed by Aditya Birla Health astatine 94.52 per cent, Iffco Tokio 91.70 per cent and Bajaj Allianz astatine 90.29 per cent for 2023.
Claims paid ratio connected fig of claims means the fig of claims paid during the twelvemonth from the full fig of claims disposable for processing. IBAI says that claims repudiation ratio of 23 insurers – mostly backstage players – was betwixt 5 and 18 per cent for the twelvemonth 2023.
According to the IRDAI Annual Report, during 2022-23, wide and wellness insurers settled 2.36 crore fig of wellness security claims and paid Rs 70,930 crore towards colony of wellness security claims. The mean magnitude paid per assertion was Rs 30,087. In presumption of fig of claims settled, 75 per cent of the claims were settled done TPAs and the equilibrium 25 per cent of the claims were settled done in-house mechanism.
In presumption of mode of colony of claims, 56 per cent of full fig of claims were settled done cashless mode and different 42 per cent done reimbursement mode. Insurers person settled 2 per cent of their claims magnitude done “both cashless and reimbursement mode”, IRDAI said.
IRDAI is yet to travel retired with information connected the security claims for the fiscal 2023-24.
HOW INSURERS SETTLED HEALTH CLAIMS IN 2023
INSURER Claims settled against full claims Claim magnitude implicit full magnitude claimed by policyholder TOTAL NUMBER OF CLAIMS
PSU INSURERS
1 New India 95.04% 98.74% 90,56,011
2 Oriental Insurance 87.97% 97.35% 25,98,779
3 National Insurance 84.61% 87.95% 24,48,869
4 United India 84.28% 73.03% 45,24,241
PRIVATE SECTOR
1 IFFCO Tokio 91.70% 80.44% 6,70,026
2 Bajaj Allianz 90.29% 86.23% 9,56,559
3 SBI General 88.86% 88.30% 5,98,707
4 Go Digit 87.30% 79.50% 84,006
5 HDFC ERGO 86.90% 71.35% 9,06,914
6 Future Generali 83.83% 74.32% 1,42,952
7 ICICI Lombard 82.59% 63.98% 9,39,388
8 Tata AIG 75.56% 74.65% 2,46,126
9 Chola MS 69.53% 68.18% 1,31,546
10 Reliance wide 58.06% 71.07% 4,78,120
STANDALONE HEALTH INSURERS
1 Aditya Birla Health 94.52% 71.56% 8,60,863
2 Niva Bupa 88.57% 67.76% 4,51,369
3 Manipal Cigna 88.48% 56.14% 4,13,835
4 Care Health 88.06% 67.55% 7,98,382
5 Star Health 75.10% 54.61% 19,55,549
Source: IBAI