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ICICI Lombard Smart Super Health vs Niva Bupa Health Companion Family First Plan

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ICICI Lombard

Smart Super Health

Restore up to 100% of the sum insured once in a policy year for a new illness after the cover is exhausted, with 60 days of pre-hospitalisation, 90 days after discharge and inpatient AYUSH treatment.

What Makes It Special:

Smart Super Health is an ICICI Lombard floater offered in Value, Classic and Uber variants, with sum insured options from ₹5 lakh to ₹1 crore. It covers in-patient hospitalisation, daycare, AYUSH and domiciliary treatment, with optional add-ons for maternity, critical illness and hospital cash.

Best For:

  • Buyers who may add maternity, critical illness or hospital cash cover later

  • Buyers who want restoration of the sum insured for a new illness in the same year

  • Buyers who need air ambulance cover within India, on the Uber variant

  • Buyers who want domiciliary treatment cover

  • Families who want a hospitalisation floater with a choice of three variants

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Niva Bupa

Health Companion Family First Plan

Cover an extended family with a separate sum insured per person and a shared floater after that sum insured is used, and add 20% of each person's base sum insured each claim-free year up to 100%.

What Makes It Special:

Family First is a Health Companion variant. The prospectus describes an individual or family floater with a refill benefit, no-claim bonus, a 60-day pre and 180-day post-hospitalisation cover, and optional hospital cash and personal accident cover.

Best For:

  • Buyers who do not need maternity or OPD cover

  • Buyers who need hospitalisation, day care and AYUSH cover

  • Families with a parent covered alongside the insured

  • Buyers who want a no-claim bonus that builds to 100%

  • Families who want a floater with a refill benefit

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Quick Decision Guide

  • Confirm the variant’s sum insured and feature list on the current policy schedule, since the wording reviewed is from around 2018 to 2019.

  • Confirm the co-payment position with ICICI Lombard on 1800 2666 before buying, since a third-party source mentions 20% in some cases.

  • Maternity needs a 3-year term and a 9-month wait, so decide early if you plan a pregnancy.

  • The 48-month PED waiting period is long, so buy early if you have existing conditions.

  • Choose the variant by need: Value is the lowest-cost option, and Uber adds air ambulance, dental and the highest sum insured.

  • Children are split off to their own policy after 26.

  • The 20% co-payment applies to higher room categories on Variant 2023, so choose your room carefully.

  • Refill applies once a year, so it is not unlimited cover.

  • Maternity is excluded, so choose another plan if you plan a pregnancy.

  • The 36-month PED wait applies, so buy early if anyone has an existing condition.

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Detailed Features Comparison

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Health Companion Family First Plan
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Room Rent

Smart Super Health

  1. Normal: Covered Up to Sum Insured
  2. ICU: Covered Up to Sum Insured
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Health Companion Family First Plan

  1. Normal: Covered up to sum insured
  2. ICU: Covered up to sum insured.
Advanced Treatments

Smart Super Health

  1. Robotic surgeries
  2. Stem cell therapy
  3. Deep brain stimulation
  4. Bronchial thermoplasty

     

  5. Intra-operative neuro monitoring (IONM)
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Health Companion Family First Plan

  1. Robotic surgeries
  2. Stem cell therapy
  3. Oral chemotherapy
  4. Deep brain stimulation
  5. Bronchial thermoplasty
  6. Intraoperative neuro monitoring (IONM).
ICU Charges

Smart Super Health

Covered within the sum insured under in-patient treatment. ICU charges are part of the room and ICU charges covered under in-patient treatment.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Covered up to the sum insured as part of in-patient care

Co-payment

Smart Super Health

A co-payment applies in certain cases. If treatment is availed in a higher-tier city while paying a lower-tier premium, a 20% co-payment applies.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

The policy does not mandate a co-payment, meaning the insurer covers the full admissible claim amount without requiring the insured to pay a portion.

Disease-wise sublimits

Smart Super Health

No disease sublimit schedule is listed in the wording. Procedures under the 2-year waiting period apply. Convalescence and outpatient emergency have separate per-policy sub-limits.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

No disease sublimit schedule in the prospectus. Sum insured limits apply to all covered treatment.

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Smart Super Health

The policy provides access to over 10,000+ network hospitals, ensuring cashless treatment at recognized healthcare facilities​.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Access to over 10,000 network hospitals and clinics for cashless treatments, ensuring convenient and hassle-free medical care.

Restoration Benefit

Smart Super Health

Restores up to 100% of the sum insured once per policy year, when the sum insured and bonus are exhausted. Restoration applies only to a new illness, not one already claimed in that year. Unused restoration does not carry forward. It does not apply to add-ons.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Refill: restores up to the base sum insured once per policy year, for the same or a different illness, after the first paid claim

Daycare Treatment

Smart Super Health

Covers all day care procedures requiring hospitalization of less than 24 hours. Treatments such as cataract surgery, chemotherapy, and minor surgical procedures are included​.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Covers medical procedures that require less than 24-hour hospitalization, such as cataract surgery and chemotherapy, accommodating treatments that don't necessitate extended hospital stays.

Cumulative Bonus

Smart Super Health

Under age 45 at first policy inception: 50% of the expiring sum insured per year, up to 100% of the current sum insured. Age 45 to 65: 20% per year, up to 100%. A claim reduces the bonus proportionately in the following year (Appendix III).

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Health Companion Family First Plan

No claim bonus of 20% of the expiring base sum insured for each claim-free year, up to 100% of the base sum insured. A claim does not reduce the bonus.

AYUSH Treatment

Smart Super Health

Alternative treatments under Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) are covered.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Expenses for alternative treatments, including Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy, are covered when availed at government-recognized institutions, promoting holistic healthcare options.

Consumable Cover

Smart Super Health

Non-medical items such as toiletries, gloves and cotton are not payable. Prescribed medicines and certain items are payable (Appendix IV).

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Medicines and consumables prescribed during treatment are covered. Items in Annexure II, such as toiletries, gloves and diapers, are not.

Initial Waiting Period

Smart Super Health

30 days from inception, except for accidents

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Health Companion Family First Plan

30 days, except accidents

Specific Waiting Period

Smart Super Health

2 years for listed illnesses and procedures (clause 6.1.2)

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Health Companion Family First Plan

24 months for listed conditions

PED Waiting Period

Smart Super Health

48 months (clause 6.1.3)

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Health Companion Family First Plan

36 months.

Modern Treatment

Smart Super Health

Robotic surgery is excluded (exclusion 36). Other modern treatments are not listed in the wording. Confirm with ICICI Lombard on 1800 2666.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Covered up to the sum insured. Includes robotic surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, deep brain stimulation, oral chemotherapy and other listed treatments.

Annual Health Checkup

Smart Super Health

Available at renewal for insured persons aged 18 and over, through the insurer’s empanelled providers. Basic, extended or comprehensive, depending on variant (Appendix II).

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Once every policy year from day one, for defined tests. Up to ₹500 per ₹1 lakh of base sum insured. Individual: ₹5,000 maximum per insured. Floater: ₹10,000 per policy. Booked through the app, cashless only.

Pre-Hospitalisation

Smart Super Health

Up to 60 days before admission, within the sum insured

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Health Companion Family First Plan

60 days before admission, up to the sum insured

Post-Hospitalisation

Smart Super Health

Up to 90 days after discharge, within the sum insured

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Health Companion Family First Plan

180 days after discharge, up to the sum insured

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Smart Super Health

Up to 90 days after discharge, within the sum insured

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Not covered. OPD treatment is an excluded expense.

Deductible Option

Smart Super Health

No deductible option is listed in the wording. Hospital cash has a one-day deductible.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Annual aggregate deductible of ₹10,000, ₹20,000, ₹30,000, ₹50,000, ₹1 lakh, ₹2 lakh, ₹3 lakh, ₹4 lakh, ₹5 lakh or ₹10 lakh. Does not apply to health checks, animal bite or hospital cash.

Coverage Options

Smart Super Health

Value (₹5 lakh and ₹7.5 lakh), Classic (₹10 lakh to ₹20 lakh), Uber (₹20 lakh to ₹1 crore). Optional add-ons are hospital cash, maternity, critical illness and personal accident.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Individual or floater, with optional hospital cash, personal accident and deductible

Claim Settlement Ratio

Smart Super Health

FY 24-25: ~84%

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Claim Settlement Ratio (CSR) of 93.3% as a three-year IRDAI weighted average, and 95.6% in recent quarterly company disclosures (Q1 FY 2026-27).

Maternity Cover

Smart Super Health

Optional add-on, available only on a 3-year floater term with a 9-month waiting period. Covers up to 2 deliveries or terminations in a lifetime, for insured persons aged 18 to 45. Maternity limits are ₹35,000 to ₹1,00,000 by variant, and newborn cover is ₹25,000 to ₹1,00,000 for the first 90 days.

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Health Companion Family First Plan

Not covered. Maternity expenses are an excluded expense.

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