health insurance premiums Archives

20 January 2026

Letter

When Rising Premiums Trigger A Health Insurance Death Spiral — Kok Mun Sum

Kok Mun Sum says a structurally broken health insurance market cannot be repaired by asking any single group to behave better. Not insurers. Not hospitals. And certainly not patients. Competition alone cannot stabilise medical insurance.

18 June 2025

Malaysia

LIAM CEO Claims Medical Insurance Portfolio Loss-Making Despite Overall Profits

LIAM CEO Mark O’Dell says insurers are losing money on medical insurance despite overall profits, citing a post-Covid spike in claims. He admits past plan designs encouraged overuse and calls for reforms like co-payments and basic low-cost coverage.

5 May 2025

Malaysia

MP Slams 50% ‘Age Bracket’ Health Insurance Premium Hike For Seniors

Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin has received complaints from at least two seniors in their 60s about recent health insurance premium hikes of 45%-50% due to a change in their age bracket. BNM's interim measures do not apply to repricing from age bracket change.

25 March 2025

Malaysia

Prudential Reaffirms Commitment To Bank Negara Interim Measures

Prudential Malaysia has reaffirmed its "full commitment" to Bank Negara's interim measures, including staggering health insurance premium adjustments and additional assistance for eligible policyholders, with communications to policyholders since March 18.

Tag: health insurance premiums

When Rising Premiums Trigger A Health Insurance Death Spiral — Kok Mun Sum

MP Slams 50% ‘Age Bracket’ Health Insurance Premium Hike For Seniors

Prudential Reaffirms Commitment To Bank Negara Interim Measures

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