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Friday, October 16, 2026

Medical inflation

News and analysis on medical inflation and how these pressures are reshaping health insurers and reinsurers across Asia Pacific.

Features and key stories

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Rebuilding APAC's healthcare insurance model
As healthcare affordability reaches a crisis point, APAC markets are exploring more sustainable healthcare insurance ecosystems.

Singapore’s new IP rider rules may lower premiums but are no ‘silver bullet’ for medical inflation
The new rules will trim IP rider prices by about 30% on average, but insurers still face mounting pressure to manage claims and risk‑pool shifts in a high‑inflation environment.

Insurers look for ways to help employers with rising healthcare costs
More flexible arrangements could help firms attract and retain staff.

Australia’s commercial property rates fall fastest globally in first half of 2025
Marsh attributes rate declines to lower nat cat losses, increased insurer capacity, and greater competition.

Soaring healthcare costs push Asia’s insurers to revise strategies, exit markets
Industry leaders call for greater transparency, enhanced claims oversight, and expanded preventive care, as rising medical costs drive up policyholders’ premiums and insurers’ loss ratios.

Rising medical inflation tests Thai health insurers
The March introduction of compulsory copayment rules is expected to slow healthcare inflation, but demographic challenges remain.
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Crowd gathers at an outdoor event in Indonesia, with a stage canopy, speakers and motorcycles lining the street.
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BNM draft would hold insurers accountable for intermediary mis-selling in advice rules overhaul
Indonesia allocates US$1.1bn to national health insurer BPJS Kesehatan to support claims payments
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