National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is organising a one-day open house consultation on health insurance of persons with disabilities in Mumbai today.
The event is being held in collaboration with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) and National Centre for Promotion of Employment of Persons with Disabilities, Mumbai.
The objective of the conference is to understand the challenges being faced by Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) while approaching insurance providers specifically for retail policies, challenges of insurance companies in providing their policies, regulatory authorities such as IRDAI, challenges faced by insurance chain in providing end to end insurance services, and to discuss and promote the launch of standardised insurance products developed by IRDAI for persons with disabilities.
The conference will be held in two sessions. These include ‘Identification of issues of PwDs in seeking insurance facilities’ and ‘Identification of provisions and issues faced by insurance companies with respect of providing insurance to PwDs and way forward’. The conference will be chaired by Dr. Dnyaneshwar Manohar Mulay, Member, NHRC. Joint Secretary, Devendra Kumar Nim and other officials of the NHRC will attend the conference.
