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In this fourth episode of the WealthBT podcast, BT's wealth editor Genevieve Cua looks into the profitability of Integrated Shield portfolios. Most insurers’ Shield results staged a turnaround in 2020. What does this mean for you?

She tackles the following points:

Integrated Shield plans’ loss making trend since 2015; what happened in 2020? (1:11)
Four factors that helped push Shield portfolios into the black (3:55)
What does this mean for premiums? (8:46)
In the pipeline: More changes for Shield; payouts for cancer drugs to be aligned with MediShield Life and new sub-limits likely (9:33)

Produced by: Genevieve Cua (gen@sph.com.sg), Howie Lim & Lee Kim Siang

Edited by: Howie Lim

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The profitability of integrated shield portfolios: WealthBT Ep 4

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The profitability of integrated shield portfolios: WealthBT Ep 4