Accident During Adventure Sports To Be Covered Under Insurance Policy, IRDAI

&NewLine;<p>On 17th May 2019&comma; Insurance regulator IRDAI came up with a new ruling that will be the widespread outcome for health insurers along with the general public&period; As per the new rule&comma; insurers cannot decline coverage to those who have used options or else antidepressants&period; They could not exclude people with a history of clinical depression&comma; sociopathy&comma; personality disorders&comma; and psychopathy and neurodegenerative disorders&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This cover will include kids suffering from development&NewLine;disorders counting autism&comma; cerebral palsy&comma; Down’s syndrome&comma; and people&NewLine;suffering from stammering&comma; dyslexia and many other disorders regarding language&NewLine;and speech&period; IRDAI alleged that insurers could not discriminate on the basis of&NewLine;identity and gender&period; They also cannot refuse to offer coverage or reject claims&NewLine;of a person is on life support&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The claim can be rejected only when a person is certified as&NewLine;being a vegetative state but then also insurers will bound to offer coverage or&NewLine;pay expenses till that date&period;&nbsp&semi; On the&NewLine;other hand&comma; for teenagers&comma; young girls and older women those who suffer from&NewLine;hormonal changes due to puberty and menopause&comma; the excessive bleeding insurer&NewLine;will not exclude coverage or pay for treatment costs&period; Insurers cannot decline&NewLine;coverage to geriatric patients suffering from macular degeneration&comma; i&period;e&period; ARMD&NewLine;and people suffering from the orphan disease&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Insurers should cover adventure sports including paragliding&comma;&NewLine;whitewater rafting&comma; go-karting&comma; dirt biking&comma; F1 racing as well as ethnic sports&NewLine;such as jallikattu as well as kambala&period; This news will be a relief to all sports&NewLine;enthusiasts along with adventure trip organizers&period; Also if the person is&NewLine;discovered as a smoker or else suffering from the pre-existing condition&comma; the&NewLine;insurer could not decline the claim in the case if he or she has been availing&NewLine;of insurance for about eight years continually&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">About adventure sports and its insurance cover<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Every vacation&comma; especially adventure sport holiday&comma; needs&NewLine;adventure cover to ensure that you are enjoying without any tension&period; Before you&NewLine;plan for a holiday&comma; you should protect yourself from many unpredictable&NewLine;circumstances with an adventure sports cover&period; Below are some examples of&NewLine;high-risk adventure activities as well as extreme sports<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Paragliding &amp&semi; Kite surfing<&sol;li><li>Rock Climbing<&sol;li><li>Mountain Biking<&sol;li><li>Skydiving<&sol;li><li>Trekking<&sol;li><li>Surfing<&sol;li><li>Skiing<&sol;li><li>Snowboarding<&sol;li><li>Bungee Jumping<&sol;li><li>Hang Gliding<&sol;li><li>Parachuting<&sol;li><li>Zip Lining<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Above list activities are some common adventure activities which every adventure enthusiasts try once&period; Thus it is very much essential to know and understand your insurance cover as well as plan ahead&period; Extreme sports insurance plan is designed to offer coverage to adventure sports lovers who want to live on the edge of life&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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