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Government To Triple Spending On Health In 12th Five-Year Plan   Increased budget comes with sweeping changes in the sector; PMO says availability of funds will not be a constraint Vidya Krishnan & Sahil Makkar http://www.livemint.com/2012/02/29224450/Government-to-triple-spending.html   New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has decided to more than...

Health Services In Need Of A Booster Shot   PANAJI:  Goa prides itself as the state with the best health indicators. However, wounds in the state's health care system were exposed when a three-member team of commissioners, appointed by the high court of Bombay at Goa, visited the Goa Medical College (GMC) and two district hospitals and submitted a scathing report in 2008. ...

Irda Appoints M Rama Prasad As Health Insurance Forum Chairman   New Delhi:  Insurance regulator IRDA Wednesday announced appointment of M Rama Prasad as Chairman of newly-formed Health Insurance Forum that would eventually become a self-regulatory organisation to help promote health insurance.   ...

Online Insurance Product Offerings Being Enhanced   Life insurance companies are planning to extend their product offering on online platform for increasing insurance penetration. Insurers have been primarily focusing on online pure protection or term insurance plans. These insurance plans are easy to understand and straightforward for people to buy online.   But,...

United India To Implement Core Insurance Solutions   Public sector general insurance firm United India Insurance Company is planning to complete implementation of core insurance solutions connecting all its 1,465 offices spread across the country, within next 10 months to one year.   ...