Concordia Grundversicherung

  • Standard model

  • Free choice of doctor

General

General information:

Health insurance model «Grundversicherung» of the Swiss insurance company Concordia.

Health insurance model:
Standard model: You can make use of any doctor, specialist or other healthcare service provider you choose. Premiums are higher than those of more limited models.
Choice of doctor:
Policyholders have free choice of doctors.
Medical partner:
Not specified.
Pharmacy choice:
You get free choice of pharmacy
Payment methods:
9.5% of payments are made using the tiers garant payment method, in which you pay and claim reimbursement.
90.5% of payments are tiers payant, meaning the bills are paid directly by the insurance (Concordia).
Reimbursement:
The average waiting period before tiers garant reimbursement from Concordia is 8.25 days.
Financial reserves:
The solvency ratio shows how available financial reserves compare to Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) minimum reserve requirements. The solvency ratio of Concordia is 186% (according to FOPH data). The minimum ratio required by the FOPH is 100%.
Number of policyholders:
A total of 596,612 people hold compulsory health insurance policies from Concordia.
Additional child-discount:
Concordia provides additional premium reductions from the third child onwards.
Bonus insurance:
Concordia Grundversicherung lets you choose claim-free discounts as an option with its compulsory health insurance policies. A 10% markup on premiums applies during your first year as a policyholder, while a discount is applied every subsequent year during which you do not make any insurance claims.
Administrative costs:
4.5% (ratio of adminstrative costs to risk-adjusted premiums as per BAG data).
Administrative costs per policyholder:
CHF 173 (as per the most recent BAG data).

Customer satisfaction

General satisfaction    8.0/10 (Very good)
Helpfulness    8.2/10 (Very good)
Billing: flexibility    7.7/10 (Good)
Reimbursement: time frame    7.9/10 (Good)
Product information    7.9/10 (Good)