The chief executive of Irish Life Declan Bolger has defended the company’s recent health insurance price hikes saying premiums are linked to claim costs and that the industry is a “very low margin business”.
Like other healthcare providers Irish Life Health has increased its prices in recent months. So far this year, Irish Life Health has increased premiums on customers twice — the first one came on January 1 with the second one being implemented on April 1.
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