You will find this interesting 🤯

Health Insurance premiums for a plan are as follows:
5 Lakh cover = Rs. 13410/-
25 Lakh cover = Rs. 24759/-
1 Crore cover = Rs. 18003/-
Wut? Yes. How? 🤔

Thread time 🧵:)

We checked if the plans were different.

What we found is that apart from the room eligibility there is no other significant difference between the plans.

This may have called for a lower “per lakh” premium, but it does not justify a discount of 37% for a 400% higher cover

So we dug deeper :)

We checked, rechecked, spoke to experts and the answer came down to simple market mathematics 🧮

Something you need to understand well.

Say you have a mobile plan with a quota of 3GB of data a day.

The average usage is say 2 GB a day.

Now if you apply for an upgrade to 10GB a day - the telco knowing this will rarely be utilised, can upgrade the plan at an extremely low cost, and not at the per GB rate.

Similarly, when you today buy a cover of 25 Lakhs. Since the average claims are say 3 Lakhs today, there are very tiny chances you will use the cover over 10 Lakhs in the short term.

So whatever amount the insurer charges today over 10 Lakhs is a bonus.