SGI – Shriram General Insurance Introduces Shri Health Suraksha Insurance

January 31, 2025: Shriram General Insurance (SGIC) has launched its first ever indemnity health insurance plan – Shri Health Suraksha Insurance, designed to cover a wide variety of treatments, including modern procedures and AYUSH treatments (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy), offering flexible options to meet the insured’s diverse healthcare needs. The new offering provides nationwide coverage, allowing access to cashless treatments at over 13,000 network hospitals with a range of options enabling individuals choose a plan suitable to their needs.

Anil Aggarwal, MD & CEO, Shriram General Insurance Company says, “Apart from being emotionally depleting, health emergencies or conditions can drain your finances. Shri Health Suraksha offers comprehensive coverage at an affordable premium with easy-to-understand terms, safeguarding one’s finances against any untoward medical emergencies. It enables the customer to provide medical treatment to their loved ones, unhindered by any financial challenges. We have priced premiums competitively for a family floater plan. The offering aligns with our vision to allow every Indian to access comprehensive and quality medical care.”

Key features of Shri Health Suraksha Insurance:

  • Coverage for a wide variety of treatments, including modern procedures and AYUSH treatments (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy) for greater flexibility and versatility.
  • Nationwide access for cashless treatments across over 13,000 network hospitals.
  • Multiple sum-insured options to suit individual needs.
  • The policy is available as individual coverage or as a family cover, with coverage for children aged 3 months or above, and parents and in-laws.
  • Coverage for a wide range of hospitalisation costs, including room charges, ICU fees, doctor and surgeon’s fees, blood and oxygen costs, and more.
  • Comprehensive coverage for long-term hospitalisation, including pre and post-hospitalisation expenses and ambulance costs, besides day care procedures involving anaesthesia.
  • Increase in the sum insured in the of form cumulative bonus on every claim-free year.
  • Grace period of 15/30 days as per the mode of premium instalment to maintain continuity benefit pertaining to waiting period.
  • Yearly policy term with the option of annual renewal.

Shriram General Insurance has been writing benefit based health insurance products such as the Shri Criticare Policy, which provides a lump-sum payment if the policyholder is diagnosed with a specified critical illness or medical condition. In the event of a health emergency, it covers 22 critical diseases including cancer, open heart surgery, permanent paralysis of limbs, loss of speech, blindness, major head trauma and more.

When there is required due to a medical emergency, the daily expenses often exceed the coverage provided by the health insurance policy. SGIC’s Shri Hospital Daily Cash Benefit helps address these daily cash needs during the hospitalization period.

HCLTech & Microsoft Partner with Cricket Australia to Transform Fan Experience

SYDNEY and NOIDA, India, Jan 31, 2025 — Leading global technology companies, HCLTech and Microsoft, have partnered with Cricket Australia (CA) to leverage generative AI (GenAI) to enhance the way fans experience live matches via the Cricket Australia Live app.

The app’s new AI Insights matchday companion feature provides fans with a regular feed of text-based updates as matches progress. The feature uses AI rooted in a deep understanding of cricket to identify key narratives, player performances and notable milestones that go beyond the live scores and commentary, giving new context and insight to what is happening on the field.

The AI Insights matchday companion launches today at the Day-Night Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) during the CommBank Women’s Ashes series between Australia and England. This innovative feature is now accessible to all users of the Cricket Australia Live App worldwide.

“By harnessing the power of GenAI, we have the ability to reimagine the way fans engage with sport,” said Sonia Eland, Executive Vice President and Country Manager, Australia and New Zealand, HCLTech. “HCLTech has partnered with Cricket Australia for several years through our long-term role as the sport’s Official Digital Technology Partner, but our collaboration with Microsoft will further enhance the digital experience. Ultimately, our goal is to bring cricket fans even closer to the action.”

Cricket Australia has leveraged Microsoft’s Azure Open AI Service as well as HCLTech’s front-end and API development support to create a more accessible match day AI companion for cricket fans.

“We’re excited to bring cutting-edge AI technology to cricket fans through our partnership with Cricket Australia and HCLTech,” said Sarah Carney, Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Australia and New Zealand. “This innovation demonstrates how generative AI is transforming the way we interact with the world around us, bringing insight, meaning and personalisation to audiences old and new.”

HCLTech and Cricket Australia began working together in 2019 to transform the organization’s core API platforms. In 2023, they extended the partnership for another five years, with HCLTech continuing its role as the CA’s Official Digital Technology Partner. The multi-year partnership has included initiatives like TechJam, a crowdsourcing effort to develop innovative tech solutions for the sport, as well as HCLTech’s role in making Cricket Australia Live the number one sporting app in Australia.

“We are very excited to partner with both HCLTech and Microsoft to create brilliant experiences for our fans by enhancing the CA Live app,” said Nick Hockley, CEO, Cricket Australia. “Our aspiration is to be a world leader in the way sporting codes bring fans closer to the game through digital technologies and we’re thrilled to launch this latest innovation at the CommBank Women’s Ashes Day-Night Test.”

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