<p><p> A man engaged in earning his livelihood, has to encounter many risks. Some of the risks are expected and some others </p> <div>are quite unexpected. In a civilized society, many systems have been evolved to guard against such risks. Insurance is </div> <div>one of the mechanism available at present to avoid loss arising out of such risks. It is a contract between the policyholder </div> <div>and the insurance company for compensating the loss caused to the policyholder in consideration of premium from him. Unlike life insurance, </div> <div>in health insurance the extent of loss cant be predetermined and it will be estimated according to the circumstances under which the damage </div> <div>occurred. So a study on attitude and behaviour of the policyholders towards the mediclaim (health insurance) policy was conducted in ROHTAK </div> <div>district.</div></p>