Okay, begging you to have insurance policy! But, what about blind/disabled in general?
Any policies in force? Any denials? Any extra premia/risk charges etc? Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "akhilesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Govt plans insurance scheme for disabled > Dear list members, I am seeing that the matter of insurance has > discussed so many times. I would like to inform you all, that I have > been insurance adviser in an insurance company. this company is > one of the 500 fortune companies. but right now I am not working with > it due to some reasons, I will be starting it with the month of the > Feb. > lastly, I would like to inform you that, they were begging me to have > a policy of insurance. this company is Max new yourk life. > For more details you can write to me at: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with regards, akhilesh > > > > On 9/17/07, sweety bhalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Govt plans insurance scheme for disabled >> >> While the social security Bill for the unorganised sector may take a long >> time in becoming a reality, the disabled in the country may get their own >> insurance >> scheme funded by a unique corpus soon. >> >> The disabled who have been denied insurance cover by companies all these >> years stand to get insurance as a right once the scheme is in place this >> year. >> The source of the funding of the insurance scheme is also unique. >> >> It is to be funded through a Rs 2400 crore (Rs 24 billion) corpus that >> has >> accrued to the Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment from public >> sector >> banks. >> >> These banks, which had made a profit while rounding off their accounts, >> had >> been asked by the Supreme Court to spend the money for public good >> specifically >> for the disabled after a PIL three years ago. >> >> The ministry, which has started receiving the money, plans to implement >> the >> insurance scheme in this financial year using the funds. >> >> Interest from this corpus would be used for various disability welfare >> schemes and the insurance scheme will benefit from this fund, officials >> said. >> >> The National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral >> Palsy, >> Mental retardation and Multiple disabilities and the Chief Commissioner >> for >> Persons >> with Disabilities are working out the social security cum insurance cover >> with various insurance companies. >> >> A three-member team of experts, including Pradeep Ghosh of the NGO Oasis >> Bhopal, Dr T V Ramesh of Insurance brokering firm Alegion in Chennai, and >> Shyamala, >> director of Adi (formely Spastic Society of Northern India, has been >> working >> on the insurance scheme with the actuaries of insurance companies for the >> last four months. >> >> Pradeep Ghosh, one of the experts working out details of the insurance >> scheme with actuaries, said it was likely to be implemented on a pilot >> basis >> in one >> or two districts to begin with and would be spread out to the rest of the >> country in phases. Ghosh added that it was a big achievement for the >> disabled >> as they had been denied insurance cover by all companies so far. >> >> Ghosh himself an Ashoka social entrepreneur who was formerly with the IT >> sector said the insurance companies came forward for a >> Governemnt-supported >> insurance >> scheme after disability activists and lawyer Colin Gonsalvez threatened >> last >> year to move the court on the denial of insurance cover to disabled. >> >> Poonam Natarajan Chairperson of the National Trust said that the scheme >> was >> being processed and she would not be in a position to give details now. >> >> However sources said that the insurance cover would later incorporate >> products like endowment policies which would provide pensions to the >> disabled. >> >> The two national agencies on disability would be sending a proposal of >> demands to the insurance companies and the scheme is likely to be >> implemented in >> this financial year, sources said. >> >> (Sweety Bhalla) >> Assistant Manager >> Mobile No. 09868300466, 09818132488 >> E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with >> the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
