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From HIA website:
Corporate Plans : are plans created by insurers that are marketed to large organisations. You are entitled to these plans regardless of whether or not you are a member of the group to whom it is being marketed. In some cases, these plans may offer better value than those plans marketed towards individuals. An insurer cannot refuse to sell you any plan you request.
Corporate plans are sometimes confused with
Group Discount , which is a discretionary discount of up to 10%, which an insurer may give to a group of persons.
An insurer can offer up to a 10% group discount on any plan to a group of persons at the insurer's discretion.
Some of the insurers automatically include this discount in the prices quoted for a particular plan. Where an insurer has decided to automatically include this discount in a plan's premium, it will be reflected in the HIA's comparison tool.
Currently, insurers do not provide discounts to individuals on (
so called) company plans, so the prices quoted on ( ..
HIA .. ) website for company plans do not include it.
- Laya Healthcare does not provide group discounts to individuals, except during special promotional periods.
- Vhi automatically include group discounts on their individual plan premiums, except for their One Scheme.
- Irish Life Health automatically apply the group discount to a large number of their plans.
So the take away appears to be: Check whether your plan (or potential plan) has an integrated discount. If not then consider joining a group scheme to avail of up to 10% discount.