The Latest Breaking News from NIB

How will Nib Group's battle for bargaining power affect patient choice and costs?

Hospitals claim the Newcastle insurer is seeking to 'gain market dominance'.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 24

‘Den of spies’: why has Japan been easy prey for Russian espionage, and what is Tokyo doing about it?

Postwar rules limit state collection of intelligence and prosecution of illegal operatives, but the government of Sanae Takaichi is beefing up its capabilities

The Guardian - AU · Jul 15

"That riff is probably the very first heavy metal riff ever": The story of the Hendrix-inspired Cream classic their label boss thought was "psychedelic hogwash"

Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love was a slow-burning success, but it inspired a generation of future rockers

Louder · Jun 30

‘Worst of a bad bunch’: Choice names NIB and Meta among worst Australian products and services of the year

The 2024 Shonky awards also list a ‘green’ juice with food colouring and a stick vacuum that ‘sucks at sucking’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 12, 2024

nib backs weight-loss drugs like Ozempic as the new 'wonder drugs'

The Hunter-based health insurer is enamoured the drug.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 7, 2024

Private health insurers are now offering GP telehealth services. Is this a risk to Medicare?

Australia’s second-largest private health insurer, Bupa, has recently started offering its members three free GP telehealth consultations a year. This follows other insurers such as nib offering its members digital GP consults, for things like prescriptions and medical certificates, for a fee.

The Conversation · Nov 5, 2024

Taxpayers are topping up health fund profits: analysis

Major health insurers have been accused of expecting NSW hospitals to subsidise their record profits amid a stand-off over who foots hospital bills.

AAP · Oct 17, 2024

Insurers warn of bill shock from hospital pay demand

NSW officials are demanding private health insurers pay full freight for public hospital stays, suggesting taxpayers are being asked to provide a huge subsidy.

AAP · Oct 14, 2024

Fitzy to leave NIB on November 30, ready to work on golf handicap

Fitzy recently revealed 'a very serious inconvenient truth'.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 12, 2024

Nib profit growth misses as claims expenses rise

Health insurance company nib has reported a $257.5 million underlying operating profit and a 9.3 per cent rise in group revenue, to $3.3 billion.

AAP · Aug 26, 2024