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Niva Bupa Health Companion Variant 3 vs Star Red Carpet Senior Citizens

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Niva Bupa

Health Companion Variant 3

High-cover family health insurance from ₹15 Lakh to ₹1 Crore with any room (except suite), 20% No Claim Bonus and a yearly refill.

What Makes It Special:

A high Sum Insured version of Health Companion (₹15 Lakh to ₹1 Crore) with near-any-room eligibility, a 100% refill and the highest animal-bite vaccination and Hospital Cash limits among Variants 1 to 3.

Best For:

  • Existing Health Companion customers renewing on the Variant 3 structure

  • People wanting an optional deductible to reduce premium

  • Buyers who want a No Claim Bonus of 20% per claim-free year

  • People who want to choose almost any hospital room

  • Families wanting a high Sum Insured of ₹15 Lakh or more

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Star

Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Senior Citizen Health Insurance with Lifelong Renewability

What Makes It Special:

A senior citizen health insurance policy designed for people entering between 60 and 75 years, with lifelong renewability and individual or floater sum insured options. The brochure lists hospitalization, daycare treatment and senior-focused coverage, along with medical underwriting and optional premium payment modes.

Best For:

  • Senior citizens aged 60 to 75 years

  • People looking for lifelong renewability

  • Customers considering individual or floater cover

  • Seniors seeking dedicated hospitalization protection

  • Customers who want multiple policy-term choices

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Niva Bupa Health Companion Variant 3

  • Things to Consider: Non-payable consumables in Annexure I are not covered, and no consumables add-on is listed for this variant.

  • Things to Consider: Maternity and OPD consultations are not covered.

  • Things to Consider: Refill cannot be used for the same illness in the same year.

  • Things to Consider: Pre-existing diseases are covered only after 36 months.

  • Things to Consider: Pre and post hospitalisation is limited to 30 and 60 days.

  • Reasons to Consider: Annual health check-up from the second year and animal-bite vaccination up to ₹7,500.

  • Reasons to Consider: 100% refill of Base Sum Insured once a year for a different illness.

  • Reasons to Consider: 20% No Claim Bonus per claim-free year, up to 100% of Base Sum Insured.

  • Reasons to Consider: Any room covered up to Sum Insured, except Suite or above.

  • Reasons to Consider: High Sum Insured options from ₹15 Lakh to ₹1 Crore.

Star Red Carpet Senior Citizens

  • Check the applicable room and hospitalization benefit table before purchase

  • Review medical underwriting requirements based on age, health history and sum insured

  • Review waiting periods and exclusions in the policy wording

  • Compare individual and floater coverage based on family requirements

  • Check premium loading for monthly, quarterly or half-yearly payment modes

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Health Companion Variant 3
Health Companion Variant 3

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens
Red Carpet Senior Citizens

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Policy Wording

Room Rent

Health Companion Variant 3

Covered up to Sum Insured, any room except Suite or above; proportionate deduction if a higher category is used

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

  1. Covered according to the applicable room, boarding and nursing benefit table
ICU Charges

Health Companion Variant 3

Covered up to Sum Insured as part of In-patient Care

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Covered as per the applicable hospitalization benefit

Co-payment

Health Companion Variant 3

No co-payment in base plan; 20% co-payment applies only under the legacy "Treatment only in Tiered Network" option (renewal customers who already chose it) for reimbursement treatment in 9 metro cities

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Disease-wise sublimits

Health Companion Variant 3

No disease-wise sublimits stated; benefit limits apply to road ambulance (₹3,000), animal-bite vaccination (₹7,500) and Hospital Cash

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not fully specified in the retrieved source

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Health Companion Variant 3

Cashless at Niva Bupa network hospitals (10,000+ per Niva Bupa Annual Report FY 2024-25; Requires verification for current count)

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Available through network hospitals, subject to policy terms

Restoration Benefit

Health Companion Variant 3

Refill up to 100% of Base Sum Insured, once per policy year, for subsequent claims of a different illness only (after Base SI and NCB are exhausted)

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Cumulative Bonus

Health Companion Variant 3

No Claim Bonus of 20% of expiring Base Sum Insured per claim-free year, up to 100%; NCB is not increased in a year following a claim

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Daycare Treatment

Health Companion Variant 3

Day care treatments (less than 24 hours) covered up to Sum Insured, incl. chemotherapy, radiotherapy and dialysis

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

All daycare procedures covered

Consumable Cover

Health Companion Variant 3

Consumables directly part of treatment (IV fluids, injection administration, medicines) covered under In-patient Care; non-payable items in Annexure I List I not covered; no consumables add-on stated for Variant 3

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

AYUSH Treatment

Health Companion Variant 3

In-patient Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy in an AYUSH Hospital covered up to Sum Insured

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Covered, subject to policy terms

Initial Waiting Period

Health Companion Variant 3

30 Days (not applicable to accidents)

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

  1. Not specified in the retrieved source
Specific Waiting Period

Health Companion Variant 3

24 Months for listed conditions (incl. cataract, hernia, joint disorders, chronic kidney disease, internal congenital anomaly); not applicable to accidents; cancer covered after 30 days

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

PED Waiting Period

Health Companion Variant 3

36 Months

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Modern Treatment

Health Companion Variant 3

Covered up to Sum Insured (12 listed treatments incl. robotic surgery, oral chemotherapy, deep brain stimulation, stem cell therapy for haematological conditions)

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

  1. Covered, subject to policy-specified limits
Annual Health Checkup

Health Companion Variant 3

Annual, from 2nd policy year (on renewal), for insured aged 18+; cashless at empanelled providers; defined test list (CBC, urine, ESR, HbA1c, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, urea, KFT)

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Pre-Hospitalisation

Health Companion Variant 3

Up to 30 Days, covered up to Sum Insured (reimbursement basis)

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Post-Hospitalisation

Health Companion Variant 3

Up to 60 Days, covered up to Sum Insured (reimbursement basis)

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Health Companion Variant 3

Not covered; only OPD vaccination after an animal bite, up to ₹7,500

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Deductible Option

Health Companion Variant 3

Optional Annual Aggregate Deductible of ₹1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 10 Lakh

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Coverage Options

Health Companion Variant 3

Base Sum Insured ₹15 Lakh, 20 Lakh, 30 Lakh, 50 Lakh, 1 Crore; Individual or Family Floater

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Individual and Floater Sum Insured

Claim Settlement Ratio

Health Companion Variant 3

96.7% of claims settled (by number) for Health Companion in FY 2025-26 (all Health Companion UINs reported together). Source: Niva Bupa Public Disclosures FY2025-26 (Form NL-47), https://transactions.nivabupa.com/pages/doc/pub-dis/quarterly-reports/Website-Public-Disclosures-Mar-2026.pdf. Company-level: 94.4% (Niva Bupa Annual Report FY 2025-26)

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

Maternity Cover

Health Companion Variant 3

Not covered (Maternity excluded, Code Excl18)

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Red Carpet Senior Citizens

Not specified in the retrieved source

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