Page 42 - Insurance Times January 2018 Sample

Panel Discussions on "Issues and

Challenges in Health Insurance :

The Road Ahead"

"Issues and Challenges in Health Insurance
: The Road Ahead" @ Christ (deemed to be
University) Bengaluru organized by Center
for Research and Department of
Commerce for Undergraduate and Post
Graduate Students Pursuing Insurance
Studies and Banking.

The panel discussion and presentation on
emphasized on interesting topics such as
1) Introduction to Health
Insurance
(Jaswanth Singh G Insurance Domain
Consultant and Faculty for Insurance
Studies and Pensions - Bengaluru)
Mr Jaswanth introduced the fundamental concepts of
in the minds of the audience at the start of the seminar.
health insurance that lay the foundation of the health
insurance sector of India. His presentation helped the Professor Jaswanth also covered the history of health
insurance schemes in India starting from the ESIS
audience understand the functioning of Health
Insurance and answered a plethora of questions existing
2) Health Insurance Research
(Dr Uma Associate Professor Department of Commerce
Christ, deemed to be University Bengaluru)
Dr Uma presented her research paper on health
insurance focusing on awareness of health insurance
and few consumer behavior analysis on opting health
insurance

3) Under penetration of Health Insurance

(Mr Sumit Ramani FIA (UK), FIAI (India) Founder
Actuaria Consultants Bengaluru)
Mr. Sumit spoke about the challenges faced by the
rapidly growing health insurance industry of India
including under penetration in several areas that is
acting as hurdle in the growth of this sector. His talk
instilled curiosity in the audience and motivated them
to find solutions to the challenges faced by the health
insurance industry.

42 The Insurance Times, January 2018

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