Non-compliant health insurers pay €262k in refunds

Laura Brien, Chief Executive (left) and Patricia Byron, Chairwoman of the Health Insurance Authority (right) with Minister Frank Feighan, TD Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health. Picture:. Robbie Reynolds

Some private health insurers who were found to have been not fully compliant with the Health Insurance Act in 2020 have had to pay refunds of €262,000 to the Risk Equalisation Fund. 

The ]Health Insurance Authority of Ireland (HIA) found that overall insurers were generally compliant with their regulations under the Risk Equalisation Scheme but that there were some instances of non-compliance.