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HDFC ERGO Individual Personal Accident

The standard personal accident product – death and disability from an accident. It is not health insurance.

Read from HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited's own policy wording and prospectus. Last checked against those documents on . The wording you are issued is the contract.

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01The detail

Individual Personal Accident in one table

Claim settlement ratio
97.8%FY 2024–25
95% recommended
Complaints per 10,000
8.3policies
Under 10 recommended
InsurerHDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited
Sum insuredAccidental death cover from ₹10,000, rising in multiples of ₹5,000.
Entry age91 days to 69 years. Adult dependants enter between 18 and 69. There is no maximum cover ceasing age on renewals.

Claim settlement and complaint figures are IRDAI-published and held centrally by NYVO, not taken from the insurer's marketing.

02Cover

What Individual Personal Accident covers

These are the terms that decide what you are actually paid when you claim. Room rent, co-pay and restoration do more to shape a settlement than the sum insured does, and they are read from HDFC ERGO's own policy wording.

FeatureThis planWhat good looks like
What kind of plan this isPersonal accident – pays on death or disability from an accident. It is not health insurance.Read this first – it decides everything else
What this plan does
03Waiting periods

Individual Personal Accident waiting periods: when each part of the cover starts

Waiting periods run from the day cover began, not from the day you fall ill, and they run in parallel rather than one after another.

Initial waiting period30 days from the start of the first policy, except for an accident
04Exclusions

Individual Personal Accident exclusions: what the plan will not pay for

Every policy carries exclusions, and they are the clauses people read for the first time at claim stage. These are the ones worth knowing before you buy.

Not coveredIndicative, not exhaustive. Your policy wording is the contract.
01Anything in the first 30 days of the first policy, other than an accident.
05The honest bit

Where Individual Personal Accident falls short

No plan is right for everyone, and a page that only lists strengths is not much use to you. These are the gaps we would raise on a call before recommending it.

Worth knowing before you buyNone of these are dealbreakers on their own. They are the trade-offs this plan asks you to accept.
01This is personal accident cover, NOT health insurance. It pays on accidental death or disability and does nothing for illness.
02Waiting periods restart on any increase in sum insured, to the extent of the increase.
03HDFC ERGO's claim record is strong, but a policy is only as good as the wording behind it – read the schedule you are actually issued, not the brochure.
06FAQs

Individual Personal Accident questions, answered

Is this a substitute for a health insurance policy?

No. This is personal accident cover, NOT health insurance. It pays on accidental death or disability and does nothing for illness.

What are the waiting periods?

Thirty days from the start of the first policy for anything other than an accident. The policy wording is the contract.

07Source documents

Read it from the insurer

We summarise. The policy wording is the contract, and it is the only document that settles a dispute. These links go to the insurer's own pages.

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08Read next

Understand the terms before you commit

A plan page tells you what this policy does. These explain why each term matters and what it costs you when it is missing.

09Same insurer

Other HDFC ERGO plans we have read

HDFC ERGO files these separately, and the terms differ between them. If you are choosing within the range, compare the waiting periods and the exclusions rather than the sum insured.

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