{"id":7478,"date":"2016-12-29T08:28:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T02:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/?p=7478"},"modified":"2018-05-05T09:31:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T04:01:55","slug":"rail-travel-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/rail-travel-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Know about Rail Travel Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7483\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rail-Travel-Insurance-300x173.png\" alt=\"Rail Travel Insurance\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rail-Travel-Insurance-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rail-Travel-Insurance.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Rail Travel Insurance<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Off late there have been multiple rail accidents. Fortunately from August 2016 railways have introduced train travel insurance for the tickets booked through IRCTC. The post tells you 5 significant points of the same:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How to Buy Rail Travel Insurance?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you buy ticket online through IRCTC, you are given\u00a0an option to avail travel insurance. <strong>The insurance premium including taxes is 92 paisa per passenger and is added to the ticket price.<\/strong> However children below 5 years are not covered by this insurance. Also foreigners cannot buy this insurance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7480\" style=\"width: 711px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Premium-Breakup-Rail-Travel-Insurance.png\" alt=\"Premium Breakup - Rail Travel Insurance\" width=\"711\" height=\"333\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Premium-Breakup-Rail-Travel-Insurance.png 711w, https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Premium-Breakup-Rail-Travel-Insurance-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Premium Breakup &#8211; Rail Travel Insurance<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Right now the insurance is given free as an incentive to promote digital payments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/buy-life-insurance-tips\/\">9 Tips to Buy the Right Life Insurance<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benefits of Rail Travel Insurance:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The sum assured for the policy is Rs 10 lakhs for each insured.<\/strong> Following are the benefits:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Death or permanent total disability within 12 months of the date of the accident \u2013 100% of sum assured \u2013 Rs 10 Lakhs<\/li>\n<li>Permanent partial disability \u2013 75% of sum assured &#8211; Rs 7.5 Lakhs<\/li>\n<li>Hospitalisation and medical charges \u2013 20% of sum assured &#8211; Rs 2 Lakhs<\/li>\n<li>Transportation of mortal remains \u2013 Rs 10,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7481\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rail-Travel-Insurance-Sum-Insured-Details.png\" alt=\"Rail Travel Insurance - Sum Insured Details\" width=\"709\" height=\"164\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rail-Travel-Insurance-Sum-Insured-Details.png 709w, https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rail-Travel-Insurance-Sum-Insured-Details-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Rail Travel Insurance &#8211; Sum Insured Details<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How to Assign Nominee?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can assign the nominee after by clicking on the link given in SMS and mail that you get from the insurance companies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7479\" style=\"width: 1346px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Nominee-details-Rail-Travel-insurance.png\" alt=\"Nominee details - Rail Travel insurance\" width=\"1346\" height=\"419\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Nominee-details-Rail-Travel-insurance.png 1346w, https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Nominee-details-Rail-Travel-insurance-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Nominee-details-Rail-Travel-insurance-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Nominee-details-Rail-Travel-insurance-1024x319.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1346px) 100vw, 1346px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Nominee details &#8211; Rail Travel insurance<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coverage:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rail travel insurance covers any accident at the time of travel. This could be accident occurring by any collision between trains, the derailing of the train carrying passengers, or any other kind of train accident. The passenger or their nominee can claim compensation for death, permanent total disability, permanent partial disability and hospitalization charges.\u00a0Apart from rail mishaps, the coverage would also take care of terrorist attacks and accidental fall of a passenger from a train and normal accidents, riots, robbery and dacoity.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/tax-benefit-health-insurance-sec80d\/\">Making Sense of Tax Benefit on Health Insurance u\/s 80D<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Insurance Companies:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following 3 companies are offering this insurance:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Royal Sundaram General Insurance Co. Limited and<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shriram General Insurance Company<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The above 3\u00a0companies get insurance policies on a rotation basis from an automated system.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How to Claim?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The insured\/nominee has to claim insurance within 4 months from the date of accident. The claims would be settled within 15 days of submission of all documents and paid through NEFT. At the time of settlement the insurance company may ask for KYC documents as per prevalent practices.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/tax-benefit-life-insurance\/\">Does Your Life Insurance Offers Tax Benefit?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">To Conclude:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While traveling you\u00a0must buy train travel insurance as the premium is just 92 paisa for Rs 10 lakh insurance. This would come quite handy in case of any mishappening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off late there have been multiple rail accidents. Fortunately from August 2016 railways have introduced train travel insurance for the tickets booked through IRCTC. The post tells you 5 significant points of the same: How to Buy Rail Travel Insurance? When you buy ticket online through IRCTC, you are given\u00a0an option to avail travel insurance. 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When you buy ticket online through IRCTC, you are given\u00a0an option to avail travel insurance.&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}