NivaBupa, one of India’s leading standalone health insurance players today announced its entry in Hooghly, as part of its next phase of growth in the hinterland of India. NivaBupa aims to provide health coverage to over11,000 people of Hooghly in the next 5 years.Customers can avail cashless hospitalization in31 network hospitals located in the region and have access to 9,100+hospitals across the country.
With the surge in critical illnesses and lifestyle diseases in India, health insurance has become a priority now. Moreover,due to increasing rate of medical inflation people have gradually realized the significance of health insurance in safeguarding both their health as well as wealth. Both these factors along with increasing frequency of epidemics have made people realize that they should invest in a comprehensive health insurance planearly in life to avoid high premiums and waiting period on certain conditions.
The company will provide adequate training programs and encourage women and housewives living in the city to become insurance agents, thereby helping them to become financially independent. Talking about its expansion plans inWest Bengal, Mr.Ankur Kharbanda, Director – Retail Sales, NivaBupa Health Insurance said, “At NivaBupa, our aim is to create more awareness to enable more people to come under the fold of health insurance and drive higher penetration in the region.”