What is Private health insurance Market?
Private health insurance comprises insurance schemes financed through private health premiums, i.e., payments that a policyholder agrees to make for coverage under a given insurance policy, where an insurance policy generally consists of a contract that is issued by an insurer to a covered person. Take up of private health insurance is often, but not always, voluntary. Premiums are non-income-related, although the purchase of PHI by a specific population group or by the population at large can be subsidized by the government. The pool of financing is not channeled nor administered through the government, even when the insurer is government-owned.
The market study is being classified by Type (Hospital treatment, General treatment and Others) and major geographies with country level break-up.
Allianz (Germany), AXA (France), Nippon Life Insurance (India), American Intl. Group (United States), Aviva (United Kingdom), Assicurazioni Generali (Italy), Cardinal Health (United States), State Farm Insurance (United States), Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance (Japan) and Munich Re Group (Germany) are some of the key players profiled in the study. Additionally, the Players which are also part of the research are Zurich Financial Services (Switzerland), Prudential (United States), Asahi Mutual Life Insurance (Japan), Sumitomo Life Insurance (Japan), MetLife (United States) and Allstate (United States).
The market is fragmented due to the presence of many vendors. With the growing market competition, key vendors are expected to compete on new product developments by adopting new technologies. Research Analyst at AMA predicts that United States Players will contribute to the maximum growth of Global Private health insurance market throughout the predicted period.
Segment Analysis
Analyst at AMA have segmented the market study of Global Private health insurance market by Type, Application and Region.
On the basis of geography, the market of Private health insurance has been segmented into South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America), Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Europe (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rest of Europe), MEA (Middle East, Africa), North America (United States, Canada, Mexico). Additionally, the rising demand from SMEs and various industry verticals gives enough cushion to market growth.
Market Drivers
- Payments for in-hospital and extras treatment increased.
- The increasing number of benefits and the arising need of these products have been responsible for the privatization of health insurance, which has brought a revolution in the insurance sector.
- Increasing awareness in the healthcare sector, owing to the growing healthcare costs
Restraints
- Lack of proper marketing strategies in place to attract the customers
Opportunities
- Growth in the private health insurance sector, with more and more private health insurers entering into the market to provide quality healthcare to a larger section
Challenges
- Higher loss ratios in the insurance players
On 1 April 2019, a scope of changes to private health insurance produced results. The plan of these progressions was to guarantee protection was less difficult and more reasonable and included requiring clinic protection items to be classified into item levels, permitting guarantors to offer youth-based limits and to offer lower premium costs for higher abundances, and new obligatory data on what every approach covers.
Key Target Audience
New Entrants/Investors, Analysts and Strategic Business Planners, Private health insurance Manufacturer, Venture Capitalists and Private Equity Firms, Government Regulatory and Research Organizations and End-Use Industry