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Creative Abby Awards 2017: Star Plus & Colors win a gold each in broadcaster category
GOA: The 12th edition of the annual marketing and advertising event Goafest on Friday announced the winners of Creative ABBY Awards 2017.
Star Plus bagged eight metals this year including a gold in the category of the best original music score for the TV programme P.O.W, and four silver and three bronze.
Viacom 18’s Hindi general entertainment channel Colors bagged a gold in the category of the best original music score for the show Shakti. Also, its English entertainment channel, Comedy Central won silver in the same category.
Sony Pictures Network India’s English movie channel Le Plex won silver for best movie promo by a TV channel.
On winning eight awards and gold for P.O.W, Star India president and content studio head Gaurav Banerjee shared, “P.O.W is an awesome show and deserves all the accolades it can get. My good wishes to Saugata Mukherjee and Nikhil Advani who made the show.”
In the next category, that is radio, Scarecrow Communications, that bagged 10 metals last year, managed to improve its tally with 12 metals, with six each in bronze and silver.
Dentsu Aegis Network’s Dentsu Creative Impact, that bagged nine bronze in 2016, became the joint winners in metal tally along with Scarecrow with 12 metals, five bronze and seven silver. With two gold and four silver recognition, Taproot Dentsu came in third in the metal tally.
JWT India bagged one gold, and two silver and bronze each in this edition of Creative ABBY Awards.
Law and Kenneth Saatchi & Saatchi Pvt. Ltd. failed to grab any gold, however, succeeded in collecting three silver and one bronze metal.
Red FM’s Vodafone Super Cheer Hakke Bakke for IPL 2016 earned a bronze in ‘Original Music Score’. Radio Mango’s ‘Women’s Day’ programme helped the station win a silver in the recently-concluded edition of Goafest.
In Brand Activation category, The Social Street bagged nine metals, two gold, three silver and four bronze. Taproot is the second winner in the same category, and won a total of seven metals which include one gold, three silver and three bronze.
In branded content category, Maxus and Famous Innovation Digital Creative Pvt Ltd won a total of six metals. Maxus bagged two gold and four bronze whereas Famous Innovation Digital Creative won two gold, three silver and one bronze.
Mindshare won three metals, one gold and two silver in the same category. Dentsu Webchutney won a gold.
In Public Relations category, Adfactors PR won total eight metals which include three gold, two silver and three bronze. Isobar India and Dentsu Webchutney won a gold each in the same category. Marico Limited won seven bronze.
2017 ABBY’s received 3,456 entries this year, in which the total number of entrants were 348 including 254 creative agency entrants.
Buying family medical insurance online in India has become a common option for individuals who want to secure health coverage for multiple family members under a single policy. However, many buyers are unsure about the exact steps involved in selecting and purchasing the right plan online.
In this guide, you will know the step-by-step process of buying family medical insurance online in India, along with the key factors to review before purchasing a suitable policy.
Step 1: Assess Your Family’s Healthcare Needs
Before buying online health insurance, check the healthcare needs of all family members. Check age, existing illnesses, regular medicines, and the likely need for hospital care later. This helps in selecting a suitable sum insured, policy type, and level of cover. It also reduces the chance of buying a plan that appears suitable but does not meet actual medical needs.
Step 2: Visit the Insurance Company’s Official Website
After understanding the family’s needs, visit the insurer’s official website and read the plan details carefully. Use the official platform to review eligibility, policy wording, waiting periods, cover details, exclusions, and renewal terms.
This step gives a clearer understanding of how the policy works before payment is made. It also helps avoid confusion caused by incomplete summaries on other pages.
Step 3: Compare Available Family Health Insurance Plans
A family medical insurance policy should be compared on factors beyond the premium. Review the sum insured, hospital network, room rent limits, pre- and post-hospitalisation cover, daycare treatment coverage, and waiting periods. It is also important to check treatment sub-limits and specific policy conditions.
Careful comparison helps determine whether a plan provides balanced coverage and whether its terms are suitable for the healthcare needs of the entire family.
Step 4: Choose the Right Policy and Start the Online Purchase
Once the options have been compared, select the policy that best fits the family’s medical needs and budget. Before starting the application, review the covered members, policy term, benefits, and main conditions again. This is an important stage because errors here can lead to the wrong cover amount, an unsuitable variant, or missing details that create problems during policy use.
Step 5: Calculate the Premium Using an Online Calculator
Use the online premium calculator before making the final choice. Enter the correct details, including age, city, number of insured members, and selected cover amount. The result helps in understanding the expected premium and whether the policy fits the annual budget. This step is useful because it allows cost and coverage to be reviewed together, instead of choosing a plan only because the premium looks lower.
Step 6: Fill in Personal and Medical Details
When filling in the proposal form, provide accurate details for each insured member. This includes name, date of birth, contact details, medical history, ongoing treatment, and previous insurance information if required.
Every answer should be complete and truthful. Incorrect or missing details can create difficulty later. Before you submit the form, read every section again and correct any mistakes.
Step 7: Make Payment Through the Secure Payment Gateway
After checking the form, go to the payment page and complete the transaction through the secure payment gateway. Review the premium, policy term, and entered details once more before confirming payment.
After the transaction is completed, save the receipt, reference number, or confirmation message carefully. Keeping this record is useful if you need to track the purchase or follow up on policy issuance later.
Step 8: Download and Keep Your Policy Document Safely
Once the policy is issued, download the policy document, schedule, and any related papers without delay. Read them carefully to confirm member names, policy period, sum insured, and major terms. Save a digital copy in a secure folder and keep a printed copy if needed. Proper record keeping makes future renewals, document checks, and policy servicing easier and more organised when information is required quickly.
Conclusion
Buying health cover online becomes easier when you handle each step with attention. From checking your family’s needs to reading the final document, every stage helps you make an informed choice. A careful approach can reduce mistakes, improve your understanding of policy terms, and help you choose coverage that matches your household’s medical needs, financial capacity, and long-term healthcare planning in a reliable way for your family over the long term.
