22nd Asia Conference on Healthcare and Health Insurance

17-18 Mar 2027, Singapore

Theme: "Health Insurance Reimagined: Asia's Path Forward"

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Programme

Day One: 17 March 2027, Wednesday
8:00am
Registration and Welcome Coffee and Tea

AM Session: Market Outlook, Costs and Access
9:00am
Welcome Address by the Conference Chairman

9:10am
Opening Keynote: Health Insurance Reimagined, Asia's Market Outlook

  • Which market forces will shape health insurance growth across Asia
  • What must change for the industry to serve the next generation of customers

9:35am
Medical Inflation: Drivers, Trends and Cost Containment

  • What is driving medical cost increases across the region
  • Which cost containment measures are working in practice

10:00am
Premium Affordability and Sustainable Pricing

  • How insurers can keep premiums affordable without eroding margins
  • What pricing models balance sustainability with customer value

Panel Session
10:25am
The Executive Exchange: Health Insurance and Public Systems: Building Asia's Next-Generation Coverage Model

  • How insurers can keep premiums affordable without eroding margins
  • What pricing models balance sustainability with customer value

11:25am
Brew and Connect: Coffee, conversation and industry insights

11:55am
Closing the Protection Gap

  • Where the health protection gap is widest and why
  • Which products and partnerships can bring more people into cover

11:55am
Reinsurance Strategies for Health Portfolios

  • How reinsurers are adapting capacity and terms to rising medical costs
  • What structures best support growth in new and emerging health markets

12:20pm
Conference Luncheon

PM Session: Disease Burden, Demographics and Emerging Therapies
1:30pm
Chronic Diseases and the Rise of Non-Communicable Conditions

  • How urbanisation and lifestyle changes are driving chronic disease
  • What this means for pricing, prevention and long-term claims

1:55pm
Cancer and Critical Illness: Rising Incidence and Claims Impact

  • How rising incidence is changing claims trends and product design
  • How early detection and better treatment are shifting the cost equation

2:20pm
Ageing Populations and Long-Term Care Insurance

  • Lessons from Japan and other ageing markets in funding long-term care
  • How insurers can design sustainable products for older customers

Panel Session
2:45pm
The Executive Exchange: The GLP-1 Era: Redesigning Health Insurance for Obesity, Chronic Disease and Breakthrough Therapies

3:45pm
Brew and Connect: Coffee, conversation and industry insights

4:15pm
Living to 100: Can Health Insurance Keep Up with Asia's Longevity Revolution?

  • How do longer lifespans change pricing, product design and lifetime cover?
  • Can insurers profitably reward healthy ageing rather than just pay claims?

4:40pm
Day 1 Closing Remarks by the Conference Chairman

 
Note: Programme is subject to change.
Day Two: 18 March 2027, Thursday
8:00am
Registration & Welcome Coffee

AM Session: Underwriting, Claims and Risk Resilience
9:00am
Day 2 Opening Remarks by the Conference Chairman

9:10am
Underwriting with Data and Analytics

  • How data and analytics are improving risk selection and pricing accuracy
  • What safeguards are needed to keep underwriting fair and compliant

9:35am
Smarter Claims Management and Fraud Prevention

  • How automation and analytics are speeding up claims while cutting leakage
  • What works best to detect fraud, waste and abuse

10:00am
Managed Care, Hospital Networks and Provider Cost Transparency

  • How networks and transparent pricing can rein in provider costs
  • What insurers need from hospitals to build stronger partnerships

Panel Session
10:25am
The Executive Exchange: Health Insurance 2030: Preparing for the Next Pandemic, Cyber Shock and Climate-Driven Health Crisis

11:25am
Brew and Connect: Coffee, conversation and industry insights

12:20pm
Conference Luncheon

PM Session: Technology, Customer Experience and Product Innovation
1:30pm
Designing for the Customer: Outpatient, Maternity and Alternative Therapy Benefits

  • What customers now expect beyond hospitalisation cover
  • How to add benefits without driving up premiums

1:55pm
Telemedicine and Virtual Care: Impact on Access and Claims

  • How virtual care is widening access and changing claims patterns
  • Whether telemedicine reduces costs or simply adds new demand

2:20pm
Innovation in Product Design: Microinsurance, Hybrid and Customisable Plans

  • How flexible and modular plans can reach underserved customers
  • What makes an innovative health product commercially viable

Panel Session
2:45pm
The Executive Exchange: AI-Native Health Insurance: Rewriting Underwriting, Claims and the Customer Experience

3:45pm
Brew and Connect: Coffee, conversation and industry insights

4:15pm
Preventive Health, Wellness and Mental Health as Insurable Risks

  • How prevention and wellness programmes can lower long-term claims
  • Whether mental health cover can be offered sustainably

4:40pm
Closing Remarks by The Conference Chairman

 
Note: Programme is subject to change.

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