Insurers cannot deny payout over vehicle’s route deviation: SC’s big ruling on motor accident claims explained

The Supreme Court has delivered a significant ruling, stating that insurance companies cannot deny compensation to accident victims solely because the vehicle involved deviated from its permitted route or violated its permit conditions. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra emphasised that, in the context of motor accidents, the insurance policy’s primary…

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Netizen says ₹61 lakh cashless claim for ₹2.40 crore policy rejected, Niva Bupa denies ‘baseless allegation’

Patient’s cashless claim of ₹61 lakh denied for policy worth ₹2.40 crore? That’s what insurance advisor Avigyan Mitra has alleged against Niva Bupa Health Insurance, in a post on professional networking site LinkedIn. The company on its part has denied the allegations as “baseless”, and stated that they have paid ₹22.72 lakh to the policyholder,…

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