The health insurance market is set for a major shake-up as insurers provide lower-premium plans in selected hospitals.

Families can save up to €2,000 a year in private health care costs by re-examining their options within existing policies, a study shows.

About 64,000 people gave up their private health insurance cover last year.

Families face paying as much as €1,100 more for health insurance in the new year unless they act now, a leading broker body has warned.

A battle for customers is looming in the private health insurance market following the arrival of a fourth insurance provider.

Hard-pressed families have just hours left to decide on whether they must switch or cancel their health insurance coverage, as premiums for all three insurers are set to rise from tomorrow.

UNFORTUNATELY, this latest development couldn’t come at a worse time for health insurance customers.

THE sale of the VHI is not likely to drive the price of health insurance down in the forseeable future, it has been warned.