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You may have to ‘cool off’ post Covid to buy health insurance

You may have to ‘cool off’ post Covid to buy health insurance
You may have to ‘cool off’ post Covid to buy health insurance
Insurance experts and industry insiders say the reason for this is lack of clarity on long-term health impacts of the virus.

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In most cases they have not made public these cooling off periods. Sales agents have been advised and directed not to sell policies to recently recovered patients, ET has learnt.

Mumbai: The country’s leading private health insurers Max Bupa, HDFC Ergo, ICICI Lombard, Care Health Insurance, Star Health and Allied Insurance have all introduced a minimum “cooling-off” period ranging between two weeks to three months for patients recovering from the novel coronavirus.In most cases they have not made public these cooling off periods. Sales agents have been advised and directed not to sell policies to recently recovered
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