The Following Is A List Of Documents That Must Be Shown When Applying For Health Insurance
Updated On Jun 07, 2022
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Keeping in mind the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing lifestyle diseases, a health insurance policy becomes inevitable. Due to the financial protection it offers during a medical emergency, it becomes an important part of everyone’s financial portfolio. The availability of plenty of health insurance plans make it essential to know the requirements, policy basics, documents, and compare various factors before purchasing it.
List of Documents required at the time of Buying Health Insurance
1. Age Proof
One of the most important documents in health insurance is your age proof. You also need to provide the age proof of all the members to be insured under the health insurance policy that you have opted for. Mentioned below are some of the acceptable documents that you can provide:
- Birth certificate
- Passport
- 10th or 12th mark sheet
- Aadhaar card
- Driving license
- Voter’s ID
- PAN card etc.
2. Address Proof
Permanent address proof also needs to be submitted. Following documents can be submitted for the same:
- Aadhaar card
- Telephone bill
- Electricity bill
- Passport
- Ration card
- Driving license
- Voter’s ID
3. Identity Proof
For identity proof, you can provide your Aadhaar card, Voter ID, passport, PAN Card, and driving license.
4. Passport Size Photograph
Health insurance companies also ask for passport size photos of all the policy applicants.
5. Medical Reports
Some health insurance companies require their applicants to undergo medical tests. Customers also require submitting all the reports of these medical tests.
In addition to this, some health insurance companies may ask for additional documents based on their business model.
Conclusion
You will need to submit all the essential documents to your health insurer, by collecting the documents from the hospital where you were undergoing treatment. The insurance company will verify all the documents that were submitted and then you will be given a new health insurance.
Also read - Find out what your health insurance does and does not cover.
