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Rankings are math. Not auctions.

Four factors, four fixed weights, one formula applied to every insurer the same way. That is the design we are building toward. Here it is in full — plus exactly what we publish today, and what it deliberately leaves out.

4 min readUpdated August 2026
The whole formula — our target
40%
OJK claim-paid ratio
30%
Customer satisfaction
15%
Product breadth
15%
Financial strength

That's it. No fifth secret factor, no manual adjustments, no “commercial considerations.” The weights don't move for anyone — and they switch on only once every input is sourced to a standard we can cite.

Status todayUpdated Aug 2026

What is scored right now: nothing. Here is what you see instead.

Provider directoryNot yet scored. The 20 insurers on /providers are ordered by licence tier (OJK-licensed first), then alphabetically. Profiles are built from public information; a commercial relationship, where one exists, is marked “Partner” on the card.
Comparison tablesPlan facts — premiums, limits, waiting periods, exclusions — taken from public rate tables and brochures, each marked “last verified Aug 2026”. Next scheduled review: Nov 2026.
Claim ratios and ratingsNot published. We have not yet sourced them to a citable standard (OJK annual reports, audited filings). When we do, every figure will carry its source next to the number.
The four factors (target design)

What each number will mean, and why it's weighted that way.

40%

1. OJK claim-paid ratio

The share of claims an insurer actually pays out, as reported in its OJK annual filings. We will use the most recent published figures and cite the report each number comes from.

Why this weight: It gets the biggest weight because it answers the only question that matters when things go wrong: does this company pay? A cheap premium from an insurer that fights every claim is not cheap.

30%

2. Customer satisfaction

Aggregated ratings and survey data from real policyholders — service speed, claims experience, how it feels to actually deal with the company. Sources will be named alongside each score.

Why this weight: Claim ratios tell you if they pay. Satisfaction tells you what the other 364 days a year feel like — renewals, questions, paperwork, response times.

15%

3. Product breadth

How many genuinely different needs the provider covers well — plan tiers, add-ons, family options, expat-friendly cover.

Why this weight: A provider that can grow with you (add a spouse, upgrade a tier, cover a new car) saves you from re-shopping the whole market every time life changes. It matters — just less than getting paid on a claim, which is why it gets 15%, not 40%.

15%

4. Financial strength

Capital adequacy (RBC ratio), assets, years in operation, and — where available — international ratings.

Why this weight: Insurance is a promise that has to survive decades. A strong balance sheet is the difference between a promise and a hope. Weighted at 15% because OJK's solvency rules already filter out the worst — this factor separates solid from very solid.

The rules

What money never buys.

We earn fees from partners — that's spelled out in full on our disclosure page. But money never touches the ranking. Specifically:

Sponsored placements are labeled and never affect rank. A partner can pay for a clearly marked promotional spot. The label is on the placement itself, and the ranking beneath it doesn't move an inch.
Money never buys position. No partner can pay to rank higher, score better, or appear first. Today that means the tier-then-alphabetical order is fixed; once scoring is live, the formula above is the only way up.
"Watch out" flags stay on every plan. If a plan has a waiting period, a low sub-limit, or an exclusion that bites, it stays on the page — whoever the partner is, whatever they pay.
Data freshness

Re-verified quarterly, dated on the page.

Plan facts and provider profiles are re-verified every quarter against the insurers' current public rate tables, brochures, and OJK publications. Every comparison table shows a “last verified” date (currently Aug 2026; next review Nov 2026), so you can see exactly how fresh the numbers are — and judge us if they're stale.

One thing dates don't fix: estimates are indicative. The premiums you see here are our best reading of published rate tables. Your final premium comes from the licensed insurer after underwriting — your age, health, vehicle, and history all move the number.

Honest limitations

What this methodology can't do yet.

A ranking is only as good as its coverage, so here's ours, honestly:

The ranking formula is not live yet. We publish the formula so you can hold us to it, but we will not score insurers on claim ratios or satisfaction until those inputs come from sources we can cite. Until then, the directory is ordered by licence tier, then alphabetically.
We don't yet cover every insurer in Indonesia. There are 100+ licensed insurers in the market. We currently profile 20 — 13 OJK-licensed and 7 international — a starting set chosen for relevance to expats and residents in Indonesia, not by any commercial criterion.
The comparison table covers a curated set of plans. 23 plans across 5 categories so far. Not every plan from every profiled insurer is in the table yet. We start with the plans people actually ask us about and expand from there.

If an insurer isn't listed, that means we haven't profiled it yet — not that it's bad. And being listed means “profiled from public information,” not “endorsed” or “partnered.” When scoring goes live, “#1 here” will mean “best of what we cover,” not “best in the universe.” We'd rather say that out loud than let you assume otherwise.

See what we publish today.

20 insurer profiles, ordered exactly the way this page describes — no scores until the inputs are citable.

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