Constitution of Health Insurance Consultative Committee

IRDAI vide its order bearing Ref No: IRDAI/HLT/ORD/Gen/221/10/2022 dated October 21, 2022 has constituted a Health Insurance Consultative Committee.

Objective:

In order to identify the challenges in carrying out the health insurance business smoothly and make recommendations to facilitate ease of doing business, a Health Insurance Consultative Committee has been Constituted with the following members:

Sr.

Name

Designation and Organisation

Role in Committee

1

Mr. Rakesh Joshi

Member, IRDAI

Chairperson

2

Representative of National Health Authority, Member

Representative of National Health Authority,

Member

3

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty

Chairman, Narayana Health,

Member

4

Dr. Naresh Trehan

Cardio-thoracic surgeon, Chairman and Managing Director Medanta Heart Institute,

Member

5

Dr. Alexander Thomas

National President, Association of Healthcare Providers India,

Member

6

Dr. Arati Verma

Sr.VP, Max Healthcare,

Member

7

Mr. Ajay Nair

CEO, SWASTH Foundation,

Member

8

Mrs. Neerja Kapur

Chairman cum Managing Director, The New India Assurance Company Ltd,

Member

9

Mr. Mayank Bathwal

CEO, Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company limited,

Member

10

Mr. Bhargav Dasgupta

CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company,

Member

11

Ms. Vibha Padalkar

CEO, HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited,

Member

12

Dr. Nayan Shah

CEO, Paramount Health Services & Insurance TPA Pvt Ltd,

Member

13

Dr. Vikram Chhatwal

CEO, Medi-Assist Insurance TPA Pvt Ltd,

Member

14

Shri. Sarang Deo

Executive Director, Max Institute of Health Management, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad,

Member

15

Mrs. Yegnapriya Bharath

CGM, Health Department, IRDAI

Convenor

The terms of reference of the Committee are as follows:

• Arrive at ways and means to increase the penetration of health insurance in India including identifying issues and challenges in the entire value chain and making recommendations to overcome them.
• Identify challenges in carrying out health insurance business smoothly and make recommendations to facilitate ease of doing business.
• Identify the changing dynamics in healthcare and make recommendations regarding appropriate product designs including a universal standard product that is basic and simple.
• Identify concerns relating to policyholder servicing as well as awareness and make recommendations to address them.
• Make recommendations regarding standardisation of procedures amongst providers including for capture, collation and analysis of data.
• Make recommendations to put in place systems for servicing health insurance that can plug into the e-platform envisaged by IRDAI
• Any other matter which would help in the growth of insurance penetration and deepen health insurance inclusion.

The Committee would meet physically or virtually at least once a quarter and more frequently, if necessary

Source category: IRDAI

Attachments

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