Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Size & Share Analysis - Growth Trends & Forecasts (2024 - 2029)

The report covers Insurance Companies in Malaysia and it is segmented by Insurance Type (Third Party Liability and Comprehensive) and by Distribution Channel (Agents, Brokers, Banks, Online, and Other Distribution Channels). The market size and forecast values for the Malaysia Motor Insurance Market in USD million for the above segments.

Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Size

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Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Summary
Study Period 2020 - 2029
Base Year For Estimation 2023
Forecast Data Period 2024 - 2029
Historical Data Period 2020 - 2022
CAGR 1.50 %
Market Concentration Medium

Major Players

Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Major Players

*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order

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Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Analysis

Malaysia's Motor Insurance Market has generated a gross written premium of USD 1.92 Billion in the current year and is poised to achieve a CAGR of 1.5% for the forecast period. Malaysia is one of the leading global Islamic Capital Market (ICM) hubs. Malaysia has the major Islamic banking assets outside of the Middle East during the pandemic. Third-party insurance coverage is the most basic vehicle insurance policy existing in Malaysia. With a phased liberalization of Malaysia motor insurance fixed tariffs are swapped by risk-based pricing changing the way insurers operate.

The Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM), The General Insurance Association of Malaysia (PIAM), and the Malaysian Takaful Association (MTA), which have power over the insurance sector, reiterated the member insurance companies to run during the COVID-19 pandemic. With pandemic restrictions, most of the insurance renewals were carried out online to ensure the safety of the customers during the pandemic. The new motor insurance premiums declined during the pandemic owing to the low sales of new motor vehicles despite this the amount of gross written premiums in the motor insurance sector of Malaysia amounted to 8.4 billion Malaysian ringgit leading the general insurance market.

The Malaysian motor insurance market is likely to increase after a phased liberalization development, which switched fixed tariffs for risk-based pricing and remains unchanged in the way insurers operate. Rising digital insurance facilities are expected to increase insurance penetration in malaysian market and to drive motor insurance market as well.

Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Trends

Phase Liberalization Of The Industry And New Insurance Products

The phased liberalization of the Motor Tariff in Malaysia has resulted in companies constantly introducing new and innovative motor insurance products to better serve customers and meet their various protection needs. The industry is keenly anticipating further liberalization and looking forward to the full market opening for competitive players.

Innovative insurance products with increasing partnerships among the market players are leading to the expansion of the motor insurance industry in Malaysia. Recently Policy Street, an innovative insurance solutions provider, and CARSOME, Southeast Asia's largest integrated car e-commerce platform launched a product providing personal accident coverage with added features including protection against unemployment, ensuring free car loan payments in case the policyholder loses their job. These innovative products are leading to rising motor insurance premiums in the region.

Malaysia Motor Insurance Market: Motor Insurance Written Premiums of Malaysia, In USD Million, (2019-2022)

Rising Sales Of Vehicle Driving The Market

The two main insurance sectors in the insurance sector are fire and the automobile. Consequently, the auto insurance sector is the largest class in the insurance sector. The increase in new vehicle sales, in both the private and commercial vehicle segments, contributed to the 1.8% growth in motor insurance recorded gross written premium.

Sales of passenger cars in Malaysia are observing a recovery in unit sales post rising to 638.56 thousand sales last year with SUVs, Small cars, Mini, and medium cars occupying the largest segment of the market. Last year, there were 33.3 million registered vehicles in Malaysia of which 47.3 percent were cars, 46.6 percent were motorcycles and 4.7 percent were goods vehicles. versus the human population, which stood at 32.6 million.

Malaysia Motor Insurance Market:  Sales of Passenger vehicle in Malaysia, 2019 -2022, In thousand Unit

Malaysia Motor Insurance Industry Overview

The report covers the major key players operating in the Malaysian Motor Insurance Market. The market is fragmented, and the market is expected to increase during the forecast period due to the year-on-year expansion of motor insurance. Many other factors are also driving the market. It has major players Allianz, Pacific Orient, RHB Insurance, Takaful Malaysia and Etiqa Malaysia

Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Leaders

  1. Allianz

  2. Pacific Orient

  3. RHB Insurance

  4. Takaful Malaysia

  5. Etiqa Malaysia

*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order

Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Concentration
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Malaysia Motor Insurance Market News

  • In 2022, the General Insurance Association of Malaysia(PIAM) and Malaysian Takaful Association(MTA) launched the year-long PIAM-MTA 2022 nationwide Road Safety Campaign in Kuala Lumpur.
  • In 2022, Etiqa General Insurance Bhd and Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Am Bhd (Takaful Malaysia) emerged as the winner at Motor Insurance and Takaful Award 2021/22, an annual honor for top Motor Insurance and Takaful companies in the country.

Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Report - Table of Contents

  1. 1. INTRODUCTION

    1. 1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition

    2. 1.2 Scope of the Study

  2. 2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

  3. 3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  4. 4. MARKET DYNAMICS AND INSIGHTS

    1. 4.1 Market Overview

    2. 4.2 Market Drivers

      1. 4.2.1 Rising Sales of Motor Vehicles In The Region

      2. 4.2.2 Increasing competition among the players decreasing insurance price.

    3. 4.3 Market Restraints

      1. 4.3.1 Fluctuating Inflation Rate affecting sales of Motor vehicle

      2. 4.3.2 Negative Impact of Covid On per capita Income in Malaysia

    4. 4.4 Market Opportunities

      1. 4.4.1 Expansion of the Digital Insurance market driving motor insurance

      2. 4.4.2 Rise in sale of expensive SUV's increasing insurance premiums

    5. 4.5 Industry Attractiveness - Porters' Five Forces Analysis

      1. 4.5.1 Threat of New Entrants

      2. 4.5.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers

      3. 4.5.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers

      4. 4.5.4 Threat of Substitutes

      5. 4.5.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry

    6. 4.6 Technological Innovations in Malaysia Motor Insurance Market

    7. 4.7 Impact of COVID-19 on the Market

  5. 5. MARKET SEGMENTATION

    1. 5.1 Insurance Type

      1. 5.1.1 Third Party Liability

      2. 5.1.2 Comprehensive

    2. 5.2 Distribution channel

      1. 5.2.1 Agents

      2. 5.2.2 Brokers

      3. 5.2.3 Banks

      4. 5.2.4 Online

      5. 5.2.5 Other Distribution Channels

  6. 6. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

    1. 6.1 Market Concetration Overview

    2. 6.2 Company Profiles

      1. 6.2.1 Allianz

      2. 6.2.2 Pacific Orient

      3. 6.2.3 RHB Insurance

      4. 6.2.4 Takaful Malaysia

      5. 6.2.5 Great Eastern Life

      6. 6.2.6 Zurich Malaysia

      7. 6.2.7 Liberty Insurance

      8. 6.2.8 Lonpac Insurance

      9. 6.2.9 Takaful IKLHAS

      10. 6.2.10 MSIG Malaysia*

    3. *List Not Exhaustive
  7. 7. MARKET FUTURE TRENDS

  8. 8. DISCLAIMER AND ABOUT US

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Malaysia Motor Insurance Industry Segmentation

A motor insurance policy is a mandatory policy issued by an insurance company as part of the prevention of public liability to protect the general public from any accident that might take place on the road.

The Malaysian Motor Insurance Market is segmented by Insurance Type (Third Party Liability and Comprehensive) and by Distribution Channel (Agents, Brokers, Banks, Online, and Other Distribution Channels). The report offers market size and forecast values for the Malaysia Motor Insurance Market in USD million for the above segments.

Insurance Type
Third Party Liability
Comprehensive
Distribution channel
Agents
Brokers
Banks
Online
Other Distribution Channels
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Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Research FAQs

The Malaysia Motor Insurance Market is projected to register a CAGR of 1.5% during the forecast period (2024-2029)

Allianz, Pacific Orient, RHB Insurance, Takaful Malaysia and Etiqa Malaysia are the major companies operating in the Malaysia Motor Insurance Market.

The report covers the Malaysia Motor Insurance Market historical market size for years: 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. The report also forecasts the Malaysia Motor Insurance Market size for years: 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029.

Malaysia Motor Insurance Industry Report

Statistics for the 2024 Malaysia Motor Insurance market share, size and revenue growth rate, created by Mordor Intelligence™ Industry Reports. Malaysia Motor Insurance analysis includes a market forecast outlook to for 2024 to 2029 and historical overview. Get a sample of this industry analysis as a free report PDF download.

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Malaysia Motor Insurance Market Size & Share Analysis - Growth Trends & Forecasts (2024 - 2029)