NTUC Income's next CEO comes with ideas to slow rising premiums

Mr Andrew Yeo's ideas include providing post-surgery home care, and tying up with partners to provide services like dialysis.
Mr Andrew Yeo's ideas include providing post-surgery home care, and tying up with partners to provide services like dialysis. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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Mr Andrew Yeo, who takes over as NTUC Income's head next month, has some novel ideas to slow the rise in health insurance premiums for his policyholders.

They include encouraging shorter hospital stays by providing post-surgery home care, and tying up with partners to provide services like dialysis, chemotherapy, scopes and eye care.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 13, 2019, with the headline NTUC Income's next CEO comes with ideas to slow rising premiums. Subscribe