Updated On: 02 May, 2017 12:45 PM IST | | Rupsa Chakraborty
<p>Data from SBI General Insurance shows Maharashtra topping in number of medical insurance claims made, as well as rise in number of women claiming theirs</p>


There's good news and there's bad news. Good news is that the number of women claiming medical insurance has increased in the state, suggesting increased financial independence among them, shows data collated from the State Bank of India (SBI), General Insurance. And the bad news: infectious-parasitic diseases and digestive ailments top when it comes to illnesses on which insurance amount is spent.