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Insurance advisors in Zürich
expat-services.ch lists 5 hand-checked English-speaking insurance advisors in Zürich: Qualibroker-Swiss Risk & Care, SIP Medical Family Office, insurance-guide.ch (our partner), ThatDay (our own brand) and Expat Savvy (our own brand).
Besides English, they also work in German, French, Czech and Italian. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Doctors and dentists in Zürich.
Insurance advisors in Zürich
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ThatDay
Insurance brokers · ZürichThatDay is an independent insurance advisory from Zurich that helps people in Switzerland with health insurance, supplementary and hospital cover, pensions and income protection.
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Expat Savvy
Insurance brokers · ZürichExpat Savvy is an independent, FINMA-registered insurance advisor in Zurich that helps expats set up and review Swiss health, liability, life and pillar 3a cover, in English.
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Qualibroker-Swiss Risk & Care
Insurance brokers · ZürichLarge Swiss broker group advising companies and individuals on health, property, liability and life insurance and on retirement provision, with offices across the country.
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SIP Medical Family Office
Health insurance advice · ZürichZurich-area medical family office advising on international health insurance, access to private healthcare, preventive medicine and medical records.
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Local facts
Insurance advisors: what's particular to Zurich
Basic health insurance has to be taken out within three months of taking up residence, and the canton's average adult premium is CHF 477.00 a month (2027) (FOPH, checked ) (FOPH, checked ). The canton is split into three premium regions fixed by the federal Department of Home Affairs, and the postcode 8001 Zurich belongs to region 1 (Canton of Zurich, checked ) (FOPH priminfo, checked ). Insurers calculate the premiums; the Federal Office of Public Health approves and publishes them (Canton of Zurich, checked ).
Requests for exemption from the insurance duty have gone to SVA Zürich, Röntgenstrasse 17, since 1 October 2023 (Canton of Zurich, checked ) (FOPH priminfo, checked ). Groups that can apply include students, interns and au pairs, employees posted to Switzerland with an A1 or equivalent certificate, cross-border commuters, holders of a short-stay permit of up to three months, and lump-sum taxed residents without gainful activity (SVA Zürich, checked ). In every case foreign cover has to pay for treatment in Switzerland at least to the standard of the Health Insurance Act, without gaps (SVA Zürich, checked ). With the European Health Insurance Card, exemption is possible for people in education who do not work, since any paid job counts as employment; only residents of Germany, France, Italy or Austria can be exempted with the card while working in Switzerland (SVA Zürich, checked ).
Registering in Zurich
Arrivals from abroad register in person at the Personenmeldeamt Zürich Süd in the Stadthaus, Stadthausquai 17, with a booked appointment, and only once they actually live in the city (City of Zurich, checked ). The deadline is 14 days (2026) (City of Zurich, checked ); the fee is CHF 40 per adult, plus the cantonal migration office’s permit fees for foreign nationals (City of Zurich, checked ). More in our guide to registering at your commune.
Read more Swiss health insurance for expats (KVG/LAMal) explainedHow to choose a Swiss health insurer
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