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Financial Services 30 Jun 2025

ACCC wants Bupa to pay $35m

The ACCC will seek a court order for private health insurer Bupa to pay $35 million in fines after misleading members over coverage entitlements over a period of five years.

Health 22 Nov 2024

Healthscope dumps insurers

One of Australia's largest private hospital owners has announced it will terminate contracts with some of the country's largest insurers, including HBF, after failing to agree to a rise in fees.

Education 12 Sep 2016

BUPA to reassess rejected claims

Health insurer BUPA has admitted to rejecting more than 7,000 claims over five years without having the refusal assessed by a doctor as required by law.

Deals 29 Jul 2016

Directory to disrupt healthcare

Major health insurers HBF and Bupa have announced they will invest in the development of fellow insurer nib's online health service platform, Whitecoat, which promotes itself as a TripAdvisor-like model offering consumers search, booking, survey, and pay functions for healthcare treatment.

Education 02 Mar 2016

Private health insurers to lift fees

Private health insurers will increase their premiums by more than 5 per cent within weeks after winning approval from Health Minister Sussan Ley.

Advertising, Marketing & Communications 10 Nov 2015

King Content opens in Perth

International communications agency King Content has opened an office in Perth, to meet what it says is an underserved market and client-driven demand.

Cultural Industries 03 Aug 2015

Local market open to insurance choice

SPECIAL REPORT: A small but growing Perth-based health insurance fund believes the market dominance of HBF is an unnatural position that can't last in an increasingly competitive market.

Regulation 09 Apr 2015

WA companies short of gender target

Only four out of Western Australia's top 20 companies currently meet a gender target set by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, which wants women to fill 30 per cent of board positions on S&P/ASX 200 companies within three years.

Cultural Industries 10 Feb 2015

Experience you can bank on

Few people are better placed to understand the changes taking place in health insurance than HBF managing director Rob Bransby.

Cultural Industries 03 Feb 2015

Health funds launch alliance

Mutual health funds including Western Australia's market leader, HBF, have launched their combined push to take on the private players, which now dominate the sector following the listing of Medibank Private, as well as the growing threat from online aggregators.

Cultural Industries 10 Dec 2014

HBF at vanguard of NFP health fund alliance

Could health insurance follow the superannuation sector, where industry funds have collectively taken on private retail players? WA's biggest fund, HBF, is leading a national alliance of not-for-profit health insurers, which are now a minority following the recent privatisation of Medibank Private.

Cultural Industries 07 May 2014

Healthy HIF ahead of the pack

When Australia's health insurance funds increased their premiums at the start of April it was Western Australian fund HIF that had the lowest increases across the board.

Health 22 Oct 2013

Solid figures for GESB, HBF

Two of the state's largest investment funds have had reported strong returns on investment for the 2012-13 financial year.

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