Price of group insurances compared to individual insurances Netherlands 2011-2019
This statistic shows the price difference of group health insurances compared to individual insurances in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2019. Group or collective insurances cover a defined group of people, for example employees of a particular employer. Although the numbers provided are on health insurance, group insurances may also offer life insurance or other types of personal insurance. In 2019, being part of a group health insurance in the Netherlands would lead to a discount of 1.9 percent when compared to having an individual health insurance. In the Netherlands, it is allowed to cancel one's health insurance and change insurance companies up to the 31st of December each year. If one chooses to cancel his or her contract and makes this known to the company before the end of December, the contract will end per January 1st. Until the 1st of February one can then choose another insurance company. In 2019, three percent of all Dutch individuals with a health insurance switched companies and changed to an individual insurance.
