Health Insurance Comparisons Blog

Vhi will increase the premiums of Company Plan Plus Level 1.1 by 4.1% and change the private hospital inpatient excess from €75 to €100 per private hospital claim on 1 March. The screening benefit will be reduced from €300 to €250 per screen every 2 years on PMI 03 11...

Vhi will increase premiums on 50 plans on 1 March 2013 by 4-8.5%. These premiums will apply to all new and renewing customers from this date.

Aviva Health will increase premiums of Level 2 Health Excess and Level 2 Health Excess with day to day on 2 March. However Aviva will be offering these plans to all customers, inclusive of the group discount for the month of March. Premiums including the group...

Vhi Healthcare will increase premiums on Teachers Plan and Teachers Plan Select on 9 March 2013. Teachers Plan will increase from €1,155.50 to €1,254 per adult. Children's premiums (1-3) will increase from €302.50 to €328.25 per child. The fourth child goes free....

You want private health insurance if you're moving to Ireland! Why bother? Because of waiting lists for any number of non-life threatening problems. As an example, the Southeast’s regional hospital (Waterford Regional – my own local), recently had a Pain waiting list...

Private insurers are to make a €125 million advance payment to the HSE to help offset the cost of overruns in the health service. The once-off payment is for private patients already treated in public hospitals but whose claims have not been submitted to insurers. The...

Laya healthcare will be increasing prices on 25 plans on 1 January 2013 by 4-13%. These prices will apply to all new and renewing customers

Laya healthcare will launch 3 new plans on 31 December 2012; Teach Choice, Teach Plus and Essential Connect Saver. Teach Choice (€714.44 per adult) covers a semi-private room in a public hospital and certain listed cardiac procedures in the Mater Private. There is a...