Introduction
Supplemental health insurance is a product that is very much in demand: About one million Swiss are insured for semi-private hospital rooms through supplemental insurance, and half a million are insured for private rooms.
Number of insured persons, premiums, and claims payments
Private and semi-private hospital rooms, and equivalent products
Year | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Number of insured persons | 1'643'129 | 1'662'899 | 1'695'276 | 1'743'944 |
Premiums (in 1000 CHF) | 2'705'057 | 2'657'754 | 2'673'522 | 2'722'208 |
Claims (in 1000 CHF) | 2'086'541 | 2'059'545 | 2'040'470 | 2'101'163 |
The premiums are used to fund claims as well as the administrative costs and increases in technical reserves of the insurance company.