Health insurance market Growth 2020, Trends & Global Industry Analysis

Posted by ReportCrux Market Research on November 25th, 2020

ReportCrux Market Research has published a new report titled “Health Insurance Market by Provider (Public Providers, and Private Providers); by Insurance Type (Medical Insurance, Income Protection Insurance, and Disease Insurance); by Coverage Type (Term Coverage, and Lifetime Coverage); by Network (Point of Service (POS), Exclusive Provider Organizations (EPOs), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs), and Health Maintenance Organizations), by Demographics (Adult, Minor, and Senior Citizens); and by Region: Global Industry Trends, Dynamics, Competitive Insights and Forecast Analysis, 2020 – 2027”. According to the report, global demand for health insurance market was valued at approximately USD 2,095.0 Billion in 2019 and is expected to generate revenue of around USD 2,934.0 Billion by end of 2027, growing at a CAGR of around 4.3% between 2020 and 2027.

Health Insurance Market  over view

Health insurance provides financial protection on medical costs to the policyholders while they are hospitalized. Healthcare costs are incurred due to any type of sickness, accident, and other mental & physical disability due to medical referral fees and care. The health plan provides coverage for these medical costs in return for a monthly fee. The insurer is obligated to cover the policyholder's medical costs before the policy's term. The coverage can vary depending on the policy for numerous factors including age groups, illnesses, government policies and others. Rising GDP and increasing healthcare spending are beneficial for the growth of this business as people are investing enough on their healthcare spending. 

 Health insurance Market size

Owing to this unproductive portion of the community the geriatric community cannot afford costly surgical operations and lengthy hospital stays. Therefore, several insurance plans are available that have a positive effect on business growth. Health insurance offers fast reimbursement and fixed premium rates for individuals suffering from diseases. Additionally, health insurance sector growth is also due to coverage it offers on all services like small & wide procedures, and serious disease with low premium. It also offers accessible health services such as hospitalization, medical treatment, visits to clinics, immunizations, among others. Some health insurers, however, do not provide benefits for particularly expensive care and for conditions such as dental and cancer rehabilitation.

Market segmentation

The global market for the health insurance is segmented into provider, insurance type, coverage type, network, demographics, and region. Based on provider, the market is segmented into public providers, and private providers. The private providers segment held almost 60% share of the market in 2019 as these measures shield families from unforeseen medical problems. In addition, private insurance also provides choice to the patients to opt for services and doctors through private insurance. based on insurance type, the market is categorized into on medical insurance, disease insurance, and income protection insurance.

The market for medical insurance held almost 53% share of the market in 2019; however, the market for income protection insurance is likely to grow at high CAGR in the forecast period. Income security insurance offers benefits such as support overseas, childcare coverage, compensation on permanent illness and elective and accident surgery. In addition, income security insurance also covers costs related to recovery thus driving its adoption globally.

Regional analysis

Regionally the market is segmented into Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Latin America and Middle East & Africa. North America held almost 36% share of the overall market. This regional growth can be attributed to increased awareness of health insurance plans in combination with high GDP. In addition, the availability in the U.S. of leading policy providers like Medicare is helping businesses grow. Asia Pacific is likely to grow at high CAGR of almost 4.8% in the forecast period due to growing prevalence of chronic illnesses. This scenario is good for the growth of industry as it raises demand for healthcare policy makers to properly reimburse healthcare services.

Key players analysis

Major players in health insurance market are Cigna (U.S.), Nippon Life Insurance Company (Japan), Prudential Plc (U.K.), Blue Cross Blue Shield Companies (U.S.), Kaiser Permanente (U.S.), Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (Japan), Allianz Group (Germany), HCSC (U.S.), Aetna (U.S.), and New York Life Insurance Company (U.S.) among others.