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Rising medical costs in Asia: Challenges and strategies for insurers
By Clement Bonnet, Farzana Ismail, Wen Yee Lee, Erica Chan, Pingni Eng, Shir Lynn Ong, Junaidi Amin, and Joshua Ho
19 December 2024
In recent years, the rise in medical costs has become a critical issue across Asia. To understand the impact of medical inflation on insurance companies, we have conducted a survey amongst life and health insurers across seven Asian regions, representing 59 companies. In this Asia e-Alert, we discuss:
- The definition of medical inflation
- Current and future outlook on medical inflation
- How often did insurers reprice their medical and health (M&H) business?
- Future repricing expectations
- Frequent repricing to address increasing claim costs
- Key drivers to increasing claim costs
- Valuation of M&H business
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Rising medical costs in Asia: Challenges and strategies for insurers
We surveyed life and health insurers across Asia to understand the impact of high medical inflation across the region.
Clement Bonnet, Farzana Ismail, Wen Yee Lee, Erica Chan, Pingni Eng, Shir Lynn Ong, Junaidi Amin, Joshua Ho