mumbai state owned listed general insurer new india assurance today launched a global mediclaim policy to cover treatments like cancer neurosurgery heart surgery organ transplant and bone marrow transplant in hospitals only outside india for this the insurer had tied up with 99 hospitals worldwide including cedarsinai medical center john hopkins and kings college hospital the policy called new india global mediclaim policy will cover the hospitalisation expenses incurred by a customer entry age for this policy is 1865 years the policy is available for any person who has a health insurance policy with sum assured of rs 8 lakh and above the policy has two plans one covering hospitalization in medical centers in asian countries while the second offers covers worldwide the asian countries medical coverage plan offers a lifetime cover ion 1 million and the worldwide lifetime coverage insures an individual for 2 million there is a waiting period of 90 days for all the treatments the policy can be renewed lifelong if there is no break