Fears health premiums set to soar

There are now fears of spiralling health insurance premiums after Aviva’s announcement that it is to increase charges across a range of plans this summer.

Aviva said yesterday it was increasing its premiums by an average of 5.5% on 106 plans. However, some will increase by as much as 15%.

Just weeks ago around 74,000 additional people took out health insurance to avoid late entry penalties — the number of people with insurance now stands at 2,105,000.