Consumers could face increases of between €300 and €600 when they renew their private health insurance plan this month.

Consumers need to be careful now and start shopping around again well in advance of the renewal of their health insurance cover, a health insurance expert has warned.

Next month marks four years since then-Minister for Health Leo Varadkar introduced Lifetime Community Rating (LCR) into the health insurance market, in order to encourage people to take out private cover.

Irish Life Health has joined Laya Healthcare in opposing claims by the HSE concerning the payment of charges for the treatment of private patients in public hospitals.

Pensions firm Irish Life topped the list of complaints made to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman last year, while the main banks were also the target of grievances from customers.

Thomas Barr is set for some new challenges in 2019 with his first major indoor championships on the horizon and a distinct possibility of building on his medal success in Berlin last summer.

Richard Egan, managing director and clinic director, MyMedical Urgent Care Centre, Cherrywood.

Health insurance is a topic I have covered in the past but it is worth returning to as a number of recent developments in the market could mean good news for consumers.

A number of new office occupiers and sale deals are coming to an end-of-year close in the heart of Cork city, at Lapps Quay, at City Quarter, and at the Elysian, where a new walk-in medical clinic is set to open next month and where a new restaurant letting is agreed. Plus there’s 12,000 sq ft of offices at the Elysian under active negotiation via Lisney.

MINDLESS eating is the bad habit most Irish people want to break, according to new research.

The number of people with private health insurance has risen for two years in a row, with trends showing a further 30,000 covered by inpatient plans last year than in 2015.

It began with weekend bootcamps. Now, as Pure Results grows from strength to strength, Kathryn Thomas and her sister Linda are turning their attention to the corporates. Vickie Maye meets the team and puts the programme to the test

Health insurance will cost 50% more over the next 10 years — with the average premium increasing from €1,200 to €1,800 to meet the cost of increasing claims from older members.

The number of people securing health insurance increased by 30,000 in the past year, it has emerged.

One of longest standing records in the history books could go today at the Irish Life Health/Munster Schools T&F at Cork IT if 16-year-old Darragh McElhinney maintains the brilliant form he has shown this season.

The cost of private health insurance continues to soar, with a second insurer announcing a second price hike within six months.

Dan Linehan was on site to catch all the action from the Irish Life Health Munster Schools Cross Country Championships at Tramore Valley Park, Cork. 

A host of international stars are set to take on some of Ireland’s best athletes at the Athlone International Grand Prix this evening.

Consumers have been warned to expect double-digit premium hikes on their health insurance in 2017.

An international anti-virus and cybersecurity company, Cylance, is to open offices on Cork city’s South Mall: a formal jobs announcement and commitment is due within days. It’s one of several new office moves on the South Mall, with Irish Life Health also taking space on the street from next week.

Ireland has a new health insurer.

Aviva Ireland has warned of the “serious challenge” claims costs continue to pose in the personal motor insurance market as it announced a €43m operating profit in the opening six months of the year.