Nasscom Health Insurance Plan for SMEs

BANGALORE< INDIA:Nasscom, the premier industry body for IT and ITeS Companies in India, has recently announced a Health Insurance program for its member companies, in association with Medimanage. Medimanage would work as the advisory and service partner to all member companies with respect to the program.

Nasscom Health Insurance Program is aimed at SMEs.Here are the details of the program.

Overview:

The IT-BPO industry in India is estimated to be a USD 75 billion sector providing direct employment to over 2.5 million employees. The unique value proposition that has enabled this sector to grow has been its ability to hire, retain and retrain the skilled technology and knowledge worker in the country. The industry today is ranked as the largest job creator in the economy and the most attractive workplace for the youth.

Employee health and wellness is a key priority for the industry - driven through various programs, work environment as well as providing health insurance to the employee and his / her dependents.

Healthcare insurance in the past two years has witnessed a steep increase driven by rising claims and increased regulatory environment.

NASSCOM with the support of its member companies is pleased to announce a unique initiative `Technology / Knowledge Worker Health Plan' wherein aggregation of collective needs of small and medium NASSCOM members will be enabled to offer a cost effective health insurance plan for employees.

Source: www.nasscom.org