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nib Group (nib, formerly Newcastle Industrial Benefits) is an Australian health care fund. It was established in 1952 to provide health insurance for workers at the BHP Newcastle Steelworks, and has since grown into a national and international operation. [1] As of 2017, nib held an 8.3% share of the Australian private health cover market. [2]
Australian health funds can be either 'for profit' including Bupa and nib; 'mutual' including Australian Unity; or 'non-profit' including GMHBA, HCF Health Insurance and CBHS Health Fund. Some have membership restricted to particular groups, some focus on specific regions – like HBF Health Fund which centres on Western Australia , but the ...
Hope & Brown v NIB Health Funds was a landmark case heard by the NSW Equal Opportunity Tribunal in 1995 redefining the definition of ‘family’ to include homosexual couples and their children, for the purposes of health insurance, finding that the complainants were discriminated against because they were a same-sex couple. [1]
Bupa UK Insurance is a health insurer in the UK, with 2.3m customers. Bupa Dental Care is a leading provider of private dentistry with 480 dental centres across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Bupa Care Services cares for around 6,000 residents in 123 care homes, and 10 Richmond care villages in the UK.
Australian health funds can be either 'for profit' including Bupa and nib; 'mutual' including Australian Unity; or 'non-profit' including GMHBA, HCF and the HBF Health Insurance. Some, such as Police Health, have membership restricted to particular groups, but the majority have open membership.
GMHBA chief Ken Jarvis criticised the actions of NIB, saying his company makes a $15 million a year contribution to the Geelong economy and supported local charities. [ 3 ] The initial $140 million offer was later increased to $161 million, and then to $180 million, before it was withdrawn by NIB in December 2010, after the GMHBA board still ...
Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited (Niva Bupa) is an Indian health insurance company, founded in 2008. It is headquartered in New Delhi, India.Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company Ltd. (formerly known was Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited) is a joint venture between Fettle Tone LLP (an affiliate of True North Fund VI LLP), an Indian private equity firm, and the UK based ...
The first move towards a national health insurance system was launched in Germany in 1883, with the Sickness Insurance Law. Industrial employers were mandated to provide injury and illness insurance for their low-wage workers, and the system was funded and administered by employees and employers through "sick funds", which were drawn from deductions in workers' wages and from employers ...