Address health costs not just insurance: Medibank

• Ben Potter

Medibank says private health insurance is not the cause of the long term blowout in health care costs but an effective price taker and a value for money alternative for the taxpayer.

APRA anxious about Labor's super life insurance rules

• John Kehoe and James Eyers

APRA chairman Wayne Byres says he is reluctant to be given powers, proposed by Labor, to select which funds would be allowed to continue providing default life insurance.

NIB calls for rethink on out of hospital care

• Jessica Gardner

NIB CEO Mark Fitzgibbon wants a rethink on rules that bar insurers from funding primary medical care – which could boost the attempts to keep members and profits healthier.

Super members lose $3b insurance saving

• John Kehoe

Consumer advocates have lamented the failure of the Morrison government and Labor to deliver up to $3 billion in annual savings to young and low-income super members.

Health cover discounts for exercise, diet

• Ben Potter

Medibank's Living Better app is one of a range of levers the insurer is pulling to arrest the drain of cash-strapped policyholders from the insurer.

Medibank ready to pounce on rivals

• Ben Potter

Medibank Private is ready to pounce on smaller rival health insurers, with chief executive Craig Drummond predicting smaller players will be challenged by any new premiums environment.

What the royal commission means for you

• Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

The banking royal commission isn't just about bank CEOs. Get set for changes to how you pay your financial planner, get a new mortgage and what you do with your super when you move jobs.

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