It is too early to talk about a specific or general increase rate, and all that can be said is that there are ongoing upward pressures, especially in health insurance.
A distinction must be made between the rise in total premiums written in the market and the increase in the price of the insurance policy for the insured. An increase in total premium volume may result from an increase in the number of contracts or the size of coverages or a change in portfolio composition, and does not necessarily mean that prices rose by the same percentage.
The issue of rising hospitalization and health insurance costs is back in Lebanon, as hospitals demand a 25% increase in the hospitalization bill for 2026, after a 6% increase in 2…