alphason Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I have health insurance from a Thai company for a few years, its a basic policy 400K coverage. When I bought it I researched myself and had thought this to be the best value for the price, I contacted a broker (one of the popular ones mentioned on here) they looked around and came to the same recommendation as I found on my own, I bought it through the broker but quickly I had an issue that made me lose confidence in them so I contacted the insurer direct and have renewed directly since. I had no claims until Dec 2020 when I had an accident and surgery, the IPD bill was around 140K and I paid around 10k of it, there was also around 20k of OPD treatment which I paid. My renewal came for Feb 2021 and I lost my no claims discount 10% and premium was up 25% over the standard for my age. This years 2022 renewal is now in and again up 25% but have 10% NCD back. Last year I was still recovering so did not give a lot of thought to it and wasn't expecting the premium to go up forever because of this one claim. I contacted them and eventually found out that my premium will remain higher until the loss ratio falls below 70%, from my quick calculations this could take several years. Now I could change insurer, but I may have to have some metal work removed later this year. If I changed insurer I guess they would class this as preexisting. My thinking at the moment is to pay another year, claim what I can if I need extra work then change possibly next year? I would be happy using a broker again if there are any recommendations for Phuket but probably after this renewal? Any advice welcome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) change insurer, no point 25% increase every year. You should do it a year ago. cover metal removal with self-finance. get higher policy with large deductible, but top up accident to max, around 1mln (that for about 1k baht) Edited January 24, 2022 by internationalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphason Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 12 hours ago, internationalism said: change insurer, no point 25% increase every year. You should do it a year ago. cover metal removal with self-finance. get higher policy with large deductible, but top up accident to max, around 1mln (that for about 1k baht) Thanks, still considering options, I think the metal removal will cost more than a years premium (proximal humerus). 1Mil accident cover for 1k Baht??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Yes, you can upgrade your accident from what you have now (around 50k), to max 1mln. I did pay 150b for each additional 100k premium. So upgrade from 200k to 1mln cost 1200b. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphason Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Any recommended brokers? I've seen 2 on here frequently mentioned, one the them that is mentioned a lot is who I got the policy from in the first place but I changed to buying direct after I lost confidence in them after making a mistake, the other one I have emailed twice now and they don't bother to reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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