Price advantage of group health insurances in the Netherlands 2011-2019, by group
switched companies and changed to an individual insurance.
This statistic shows the price advantage of group health insurances in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2019, by type of group (in euros). 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, joining an employee group insurance would have a price advantage worth 50 euros on Dutch 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