Women Health Insurance

Women's health insurance plans cater to the varied health insurance needs specifically of women. There are, however, not many health insurance plans designed especially for women but there are many insurance companies to have attempted to create them. These plans can be purchased at affordable health insurance premiums for the sum insured as per the requirement and budget of the potential policy buyer. These plans cover women against several medical expenses related to critical illnesses, hospitalisation, etc.

There are several factors that you should consider when buying health insurance plans for women. To make it easy for you to decide which plan to buy, here we have compiled a list of the top 5 women health insurance plans from popular insurers:

Disclaimer: The list is organized in alphabetical order based on the names of standalone insurers. InsuranceDekho neither endorses, rates nor recommends any specific insurer or insurance product offered by any insurer. The insurance plans included herein represent products offered by our partner insurers. For a comprehensive list of insurers operating in India, please refer to the official website of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) at www.irdai.gov.in.

Need for Health Insurance Plans for Women

A women-specific health insurance plan provides the women financial independence and stability during a medical emergency such as a sudden accident or illness. So, if planning to start a family, getting covered under women-specific health insurance will certainly help women to avail coverage for the maternity-related expenses without having to spend from their own pockets. Women's health insurance plans offer several coverage features to the insured. Some of them include protection against women-specific critical illnesses such as breast cancer, ovarian cancer, stroke, kidney failure, and other illnesses.

Benefits of Buying Women Health Insurance Plans

Women health insurance plans offer the insured the following benefits:

• Affordable premiums
• Cover for maternity expenses
• Cover for expenses related to a newborn baby
• Cover for preventive health check-ups
• Quick addition of family members to the policy
• Tax benefits under Section 80D of the Income Tax Act, 1961

Factors to Consider When Buying Women Health Insurance

There are a variety of women's health insurance plans available from different insurance companies. Therefore it becomes imperative to compare different women's health insurance plans on several parameters. The comparison helps you choose the most suitable policy that fulfills your requirements in the best possible manner. These are:

1. Type of Plan: The policy buyer must check if they need an individual health insurance plan for women or a family floater health insurance plan.

2. Cover For Pre-Existing Diseases: It is imperative to check if the health insurance covers the insured against pre-existing diseases or not and go for the plan accordingly.

3. Waiting Periods: The waiting period is the duration that the policyholder has to wait in order to avail of policy benefits. So, one must check the initial waiting period, waiting period for pre-existing diseases, disease-specific waiting periods, waiting period for maternity, etc before buying a women-specific health insurance policy.

4. Value Added Services: check if the health insurance policy provides any additional benefit for staying fit, or otherwise.

5. Maternity Cover: On the basis of the requirement, the policy buyer must check if the health insurance plan offers cover for maternity expenses or not and choose the plan accordingly.

How to Buy Women Health Insurance Plans Online At InsuranceDekho?

To buy women-oriented health insurance plans online at InsuranceDekho, the following steps need to be followed:

1. Visit www.insurancedekho.com and click on the health tab.
2. Select gender. Then enter your name and mobile number. Once you enter the details, you will receive a One Time Password on the given number. Please enter that.
3. Answer the question when do you wish to purchase the policy and then click on View Instant Quotes button to proceed.
4. If you wish to add family members under the policy along with yourself, then select them and their age. Then click ‘Continue’.
5. Enter your Email ID and city. Then click on ‘Submit and View Quotes’.
6. You will see several suitable health insurance quotes for women. Choose the most suitable one out of them as per your requirement and budget.
7. Select the term for the shortlisted policy. Enter the required details and then pay the premium online.

Women's health insurance plans can also be purchased offline by getting in touch with the customer care executives at InsuranceDekho any day between 9:30 AM and 6:30 PM.