Advertising costs per individual health insurer in the Netherlands 2017
nine big health insurance concerns in the Netherlands (ten since early 2018), each with multiple companies. As of 2018, there are 26 health insurance companies. Some of those companies also have multiple brands.
It is mandatory to have at least a basic health insurance (in Dutch: basisverzekering) when you work in the Netherlands, because healthcare is funded through taxation of income. Because of this, health insurers have to publicly publish information on, for example, advertising costs.
In 2017, Zilveren Kruis Zorgverzekeringen was the insurer which the most on advertising costs: approximately 7.4 million euros. The average advertising costs per customer in 2016, however, reached 2.51 euros per customer.
This statistic shows a ranking of total advertising costs spent by health insurance companies in the Netherlands as of 2017 (in thousand euros). Health insurance in the Netherlands combines elements of both public as well as private insurance. The Netherlands has It is mandatory to have at least a basic health insurance (in Dutch: basisverzekering) when you work in the Netherlands, because healthcare is funded through taxation of income. Because of this, health insurers have to publicly publish information on, for example, advertising costs.
In 2017, Zilveren Kruis Zorgverzekeringen was the insurer which the most on advertising costs: approximately 7.4 million euros. The average advertising costs per customer in 2016, however, reached 2.51 euros per customer.