Every person residing in Switzerland must take out health insurance within three months of taking up residence or being born in Switzerland. If they cannot do this themselves, their legal representative must do so.
This means that students, school-goers and interns from abroad who stay in Switzerland for more than three months are also subject to compulsory insurance and require Swiss health insurance.
The insurance cover is valid until the end of the respective calendar year. After expiry of the agreed contract period, the contract will be tacitly renewed for successive terms of 365 days unless one of the contracting parties gives 90 days’ notice of termination in writing or in any other text form.
coverio health insurance may not be extended if the conditions for the cantonal exemption from health insurance under the Health Insurance Act are no longer met.
No, coverio health insurance has no age limits and offers suitable solutions for all age groups.