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Total NZers with health insurance passes 1.4 million
Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 10:50 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
Health insurers have recorded continued growth in lives covered and claims paid for the September 2018 quarter, bringing the number of New Zealanders with health insurance up past the 1.4 million mark for the first time in more than two decades. A record ... More >>
500 people a week taking out health insurance
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 2:12 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
A record additional 26,500 lives covered in the year to the end of June 2018 means 500 more people have been taking out health insurance each week, the latest industry data reveals. More >>
Health insurance growth continues, claims paid hit $1.2 bil
Monday, 7 May 2018, 12:21 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
New Zealand’s health insurance industry recorded its twelfth consecutive quarter of growth in March 2018, with lives covered reaching 1.385 million and claims paid topping $1.2 billion, the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ) said today. More >>
Health insurance growth continues
Friday, 4 May 2018, 11:23 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
New Zealand’s health insurance industry recorded its twelfth consecutive quarter of growth in March 2018, with lives covered reaching 1.385 million and claims paid topping $1.2 billion, the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ) said today. More >>
HFA welcomes review of insurance contract law
Friday, 16 March 2018, 8:47 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
The industry body representing health insurers, the Health Funds Association (HFANZ), today welcomed the Government’s planned review of insurance contract law. More >>
Strongest growth in health insurance for 16 years
Tuesday, 20 February 2018, 10:57 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
The number of New Zealanders with health insurance rose 25,900 to 1.383 million during 2017, the strongest annual growth in coverage since 2001, the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ) said today. More >>
Health insurance funds record level of care
Friday, 24 November 2017, 11:19 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
Health insurance paid out a record $321 million in claims for the September 2017 quarter, mainly due to an increase in lives covered and procedures funded, the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ) said today. Announcing its latest statistics, ... More >>
Health insurance numbers up more than 20,000
Friday, 25 August 2017, 2:06 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
Health insurance numbers have risen for the ninth quarter in a row, with an extra 20,500 New Zealanders taking out cover in the year to June, according to statistics released today by the Health Funds Association (HFANZ). HFANZ chief executive Roger ... More >>
Strong growth in the health insurance industry
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 4:20 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
Strong growth in the health insurance industry over 2016/17 has been noted in the Health Funds Association's annual review, released today. Key points of the review include: * the strongest growth in health insurance coverage since 2001; * the industry's ... More >>
Huge health funding boost welcome
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 2:42 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
The huge boost to health funding in today’s Budget has been welcomed by the Health Funds Association (HFANZ). More >>
That's Super sorted - what about health?
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 11:06 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
The Health Funds Association (HFANZ) today renewed its call for more to be done to diversify health funding sources to reduce the future projected burden on taxpayers. More >>
Record $1.136b in health insurance claims paid in 2016
Monday, 13 February 2017, 12:11 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
Health insurers funded an additional $100 million in healthcare in 2016 as more Kiwis took out health cover, according to the latest figures from the Health Funds Association (HFANZ). More >>
Baby blip boosts health insurance coverage
Monday, 5 September 2016, 12:23 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
Higher birth rates and young families taking out new policies have caused a surge in health insurance numbers in the year to the end of June, according to the latest figures from the Health Funds Association (HFANZ). More >>
Insurance can help meet surgical shortfall - HFANZ
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 1:28 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
The Health Funds Association (HFANZ) says tens of thousands more New Zealanders could be getting timely access to surgery each year if the Government looked seriously at measures to boost health insurance coverage. More >>
Ministry figures confirm waiting list pressure
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 5:20 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
Ministry figures confirm waiting list pressure District Health Board data released today has confirmed more and more people are waiting for elective surgery. The Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ) says the latest specialist referral figures ... More >>
280,000 New Zealanders waiting for surgery, wait times up
Monday, 11 April 2016, 10:17 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
Independent research shows the number of New Zealanders waiting for elective surgery remains at 2013 levels, despite increases to both public and private health funding. More >>
Referred elective surgery need just the tip of the iceberg
Monday, 7 March 2016, 4:22 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
The Health Funds Association (HFANZ) says the Government has made a good start in measuring the unmet needs of New Zealanders referred for elective surgery, but stresses that this subset of unmet need is part of a much bigger picture. More >>
Affordable Healthcare Bill defeat disappoints
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 11:32 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
Health insurers have expressed their regret that the New Zealand First-sponsored Affordable Healthcare Bill failed to get past its first reading in the House yesterday. More >>
Health insurance coverage rises
Monday, 2 November 2015, 12:14 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
The number of New Zealanders with private health insurance cover has continued to increase over the past year, along with the total value of claims paid, according to data released today by the Health Funds Association (HFANZ). More >>
New chairman appointed for Health Funds Association
Monday, 7 September 2015, 11:44 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
Accuro Health Insurance chief executive Geoff Annals has been elected chairman of the Health Funds Association (HFANZ), the industry organisation representing health insurers. More >>
