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Insurance claim rejected for ‘hiding’ teen’s sickle cell disease, family wins Rs 7 lakh relief
July 15, 2026 5:46 pm
The dispute arose after Devesh Sahu succumbed to sickle cell disease months after he purchased a Rural Postal Life Insurance policy, triggering allegations that he had hidden a pre-existing illness.
Insurer denies claim calling husband ‘drunk’ in accident, widow wins Rs 4 lakh
July 15, 2026 3:06 pm
The district consumer commission was hearing a challenge of a widow to SBI General Insurance's rejection of a Rs 4 lakh accident insurance citing delay and alleged drunken driving.
ICU doctor dies on duty, his widow wins Rs 50 lakh insurance claim
June 26, 2026 3:46 pm
The consumer body was examining if the insurer was justified in repudiating a death claim on the ground that the deceased had failed to disclose existing policies issued by other insurers.
Man wins Rs 60 lakh after Bharti AXA wrongly rejects son’s cancer death claim
June 23, 2026 10:19 am
The complainant said his son had informed the insurer, at the time of purchasing the policy, that he had undergone certain treatments and he was thoroughly examined by a panel before the policy was granted.
Widow wins Rs 30 lakh after HDFC Life rejects insurance claim over husband’s death
June 19, 2026 4:08 pm
The Telangana Consumer Commission was hearing a complaint filed by a woman against HDFC Life Insurance, whose husband had purchased two policies in April 2015 and died on August 4, 2015.
Wife dies of heart attack 5 days after buying insurance cover, husband granted Rs 50 lakh
June 19, 2026 2:42 pm
The consumer body was hearing the plea filed by a man whose wife died in 2025, following which HDFC Life Insurance rejected his claim.
LIC ordered to pay policyholder after demanding Rs 83,541 due to its own 11-year error
June 19, 2026 2:34 pm
The consumer commission in Chandigarh said the policyholder, who was trying to surrender the policy, cannot be made to suffer for the insurer’s administrative negligence.
Policyholder dies, insurer rejects claim over pre-existing diseases: ICICI ordered to pay Rs 8.5 lakh to widow
June 17, 2026 3:35 pm
Noting that man died of heart attack and there was no nexus between cause of death of the insured and the alleged preexisting disease, the commission also awarded Rs 5,000 compensation and Rs 3,000 litigation cost.
SBI to pay Hyderabad family Rs 1.6 lakh after ‘wrongfully’ recovering dead man's loan
June 15, 2026 5:57 pm
The Telangana Consumer Commission was hearing appeals filed by SBI Life Insurance, SBI and the complainants against a December 15, 2020, order of the District Consumer Commission-III, Hyderabad.
Died in 1994 or 2013? Bihar insurance mystery reaches apex consumer body, ends in Rs 50 lakh payout
April 16, 2026 11:11 am
The insurer claimed Sushil Kumar Singh had actually died years ago, and the entire policy was built on forged documents, essentially accusing the family of insuring a “dead man”, the consumer commission noted.
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