Numbers paying for private health insurance climb despite price hikes
Over 75% of queries to Health Insurance Authority in third quarter related to comparing plans, reflecting strong interest in switching
Irish Life Health
Why has Irish Life Health increased its prices four times in a year?
There could be two reasons: poor management forecasting, or a desire to avoid one hefty, double-digit price rise in the hope that customers won’t notice
Irish Life Health hikes prices for fourth time since January
Average price increase of 5 per cent but many customers facing much higher rises
Health insurance watchdog plans to increase levy by 10%
Move is to keep funding subsidy scheme for older and higher risk citizens with health coverage
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VHI rolls out new price hikes, with almost 1m health insurance customers affected
Move from State’s largest health insurer follows similar announcements from Laya Healthcare and Irish Life Health
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Shopping around for the most suitable cover can lead to big savings
Irish Life Health increases prices for third time in 2025
Move comes just six days after Laya Healthcare rolled out price increases
Average cost of health insurance jumps to almost €2,000
Data from Health Insurance Authority indicate fewer young people buying health insurance
Cost of health insurance rises over 12% in a year, with some policies jumping 25.6%
Over 65s paying 44% more for cover than the average, Health Insurance Authority report says
‘My mother (80s) is paying €2,200 on her health insurance. Could she get a cheaper plan?’
Health cover costs have only gone in one direction – up – and switching can be complicated, but it’s worth shopping around
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Irish Life Health ups insurance prices for third time in one year
Announcement follows emergence of Level Health as a fourth provider in market
Health insurance premiums have climbed by 11% so far in 2024 - HIA
Health Insurance Authority says average policy price is now €1,712 and that consumers view private cover as a necessity not a luxury
The health insurance maze that’s costing millions of people thousands
Sometimes more choice does not benefit consumers, and health insurance is a prime example
Time for a health check on your private policy
Premiums could rise anywhere from 6% to 25% even as benefits of some plans are reduced, industry expert warns
Irish Life pays out €1.73bn of dividends since purchase for State
Payouts eclipse €1.3bn Canada’s Great West-Lifeco paid Government to buy Ireland’s largest life and pensions group in 2013
Employers squeezed by rising private health insurance premiums - Lockton
Private premiums climbed 10% in 2023 with more price hikes announced this year already
Insurer ‘miserably’ failed family of child with cancer
Irish Life refused small financial respite as child was 16 years old – and refused to pay towards accommodation unless it was for a B&B or a hotel, not an apartment
Irish Life insurance to hike premiums by average of 5.3% on adult plans
Changes will apply to new customers from July 1st and existing customers renewing policies from same date
Will consumers benefit from Aviva entering the Irish health insurance market?
With the insurer clearly seeing a gap in the market, ‘aggressive competition is to be expected’
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Will Aviva’s return to the Irish health insurance market reduce premium prices?
Average price of health insurance premiums increased 10% in 2023 to almost €1,600
VHI lets 11% of customers loose to check out market rivals
Health insurer has given no plausible explanation for selecting some of its most popular plans for closure
Cost of health insurance jumped sharply last year - watchdog
Older people are typically paying almost 50 per cent more for cover than younger cohorts
Is private health insurance worth getting for the financially squeezed late 20s and 30s?
People are reconsidering the merits of private cover amid sharply rising insurance costs
The trouble with health insurance in Ireland, and what could be done about it
As the private health cover rises sharply, insurers need to be more proactive in telling customers when cover changes so they do not face surprise demand for payment upfront
Most people don’t shop around for health insurance despite potential savings, watchdog finds
Some 71% of the more than 2 million people with private health insurance have never moved provider
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Fresh financial blow to Irish Life Health customers as prices rise again
Policy prices to increase by an average of 4.8% from January
Number of people with private health insurance continues to rise, says HIA
Industry watchdog says there are 2.44 million people with insurance, 47.6% of total population
New health insurance increases to add hundreds to annual cost
Double increase price ‘shock’ to take effect for Laya customers from October 1st with competitors expected to follow
Claims up but profits stable at Irish Life Health last year
Insurer has announced two recent price increases citing rising hospital procedure costs
Health insurance: How to save hundreds – if not thousands – on your policy
If you have been on the same policy for more than three years you are probably overpaying by about 25%
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