Amazon India to provide free Covid-19 health insurance for its sellers

Amazon India is going to provide a Covid-19 health insurance, for free, to all its sellers in the country. This insurance, up to ₹ 50,000 for a year, will help cover expenses related to the Covid-19 hospitalisation, treatment, ambulance assistance and ICU charges. The insurance will be valid for a year once activated.

Amazon will fully fund the premium for this health insurance and has partnered with Acko General Insurance (Acko) to manage the policy delivery and handling of claims and reimbursements. This will benefit lakhs of Amazon sellers, basically anyone who has had an active product listing on Amazon.in between January 2019 and May 26, 2020.