Non-smokers get cancer too, insurer can’t stub claim

A consumer court here has ordered an insurance company to reimburse the expenditure on medical treatment for lung cancer after the company refused mediclaim on the grounds that the patient was a chain smoker and contracted cancer due to his smoking. The consumer court said there was no proof that the cancer had been caused by the patient’s smoking habit. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J October 02, 2021 at 03:36AM