Public sector firms cannot deny health cover for pre-existing diseases, says Indian Supreme Court. Doing so would be arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional.

The number of underinsured U.S. adults increased by 60% from 2003 to 2007, according to a study published on Tuesday on the Web site of the journal Health Affairs, the New York Times reports.

Sex workers in India now have the option of taking out life insurance cover — a move they hope will speed up their bid to legalise the profession, a charity said Monday.

The Life Insurance Corporation of India is now offering insurance cover to sex workers. Under LIC’s Jeevan Madhur policy, one can pay a weekly or a monthly

Pregnant women will be able to insure their unborn babies against birth defects and death under a new policy, a report said Sunday.

The insurance

Minister of State for Labour Oscar Fernandes on Tuesday said that the Central Government is considering a proposal for introducing medical cover for 90

Healthcare is becoming evermore expensive in the US with every passing day. Insurance companies have jacked up their premiums for life-saving drugs.
They

US insurance firms have come under a scanner. They are being charged with fudging bills, taking both the patients and the government for a ride.
New

A far-flung study by Atlanta -based American Cancer Society reveals that cancer patients with private insurance gets an edge over uninsured Americans.

AMA Vice President, Dr Gary Speck, said today that it was outrageous for health funds to shift the blame for imminent private health insurance premium increases to doctors.