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Mr V. Jagannathan

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Chennai, June 9 Star Health Insurance has partnered with Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) to offer tele-medical advisory helpline free-of-cost to its policyholders.

Addressing a press conference Mr V. Jagannathan, Chairman and Managing Director, Star Health and Allied Insurance, said the company expects to garner a premium income of Rs 650 crore for the current financial year. It reported a profit of Rs 3.5 crore and premium income of Rs 510 crore for the year ending March 31, 2009.

Asked about the claims settled by Star Health, Mr Jagannathan said that they were low compared with industry levels, but declined to give details. HMRI, a two-year-old tele-medical advisory non-profit organisation, receives about 60,000 calls a day relating to various health aliments from rural Andhra Pradesh. Close to 90 per cent of calls received are diagnoses for minor acute aliment, said Mr Balaji Utla, CEO, HMRI.

Policyholders of Star Health Insurance can call the toll-free number to get clarifications and advice on any health matters. The caller can even seek medical prescriptions from the doctors’ panel.

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