Laya Health

Older people are typically paying almost 50 per cent more for cover than younger cohorts

Head of largest insurer in the State says Laya deal ‘is transformative’

Price increase to come into effect on April 1st and follows similar increase by VHI on March 1st

Falling interest rates may offer some support but acquirers are wary of policy changes here and abroad

People are reconsidering the merits of private cover amid sharply rising insurance costs

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

The candidates shortlisted for Deal of the Year and Future Leader have been announced for the awards, which are run in association with Bank of Ireland

Some 71% of the more than 2 million people with private health insurance have never moved provider

Conor Pope looks at what might happen with interest rates, for borrowers and savers, and whether other bills will rise again

Industry watchdog says there are 2.44 million people with insurance, 47.6% of total population

In August, French insurance giant agreed to buy Laya Healthcare, the Republic’s second-largest health insurer, in a deal worth €650m

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Double increase price ‘shock’ to take effect for Laya customers from October 1st with competitors expected to follow

Health insurance company blames spike in volume and cost of claims being made

Signs point to another round of price hikes for consumers this year

French insurer swoops for State’s second-largest health insurer in major Irish market deal

If you have been on the same policy for more than three years you are probably overpaying by about 25%

Cancer medicine is undergoing a revolution, with scores of new treatments targeting specific tumours coming on stream

Public patients may now have to wait up to two years longer than all private patients for access to innovative therapies

While you may be adept at claiming money back for a GP visit, many of us fail to claim a host of other benefits

Laya Healthcare and Irish Life Health must be unsettled as leading oncologists clearly direct patients to rival VHI

Irish Cancer Society calls for re-examination of ‘whole system’ of drug reimbursement

Two cancer patients and two oncologists raise concerns about how customers of private health insurers Irish Life and Laya Healthcare are losing out on access to new cancer treatments

Health insurers Irish Life and Laya Healthcare are ‘hiding behind’ the lengthy approval process for treatments, say oncologists Prof Ray McDermott and Prof John Crown

Irish Life Health points to increase in healthcare claims made post-pandemic as other players weigh up premium hikes

Price rises set to average 5 per cent and will see family policies climb by between €160 and €220

Company on market for €200m, in a move likely to attract interest from life and general insurance companies

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US insurance giant bought nation’s second largest health insurance in 2015 for about €80m

Crowleys DFK believes the return on the range of services it provides to staff has been clear

The State’s largest private health insurer said it would increase prices by an average 4.8% across its health insurance plans due to increased demand for healthcare and rising costs

Era of price stability across private sector set to end as impact of the cost of living crisis passed on to consumers

Out-of-hours services and pharmacists are struggling to cope as patients flock to them to avoid hospitals

VHI has approved fewer than 25 over the past three years