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APRA releases its Quarterly Private Health Insurance Statistics for June 2018

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today released its quarterly private health insurance publications for the June 2018 quarter.

The publications provide industry aggregate summaries of key financial and membership statistics for the private health insurance industry.   

Key performance statistics for the private health insurance industry in the year ended 30 June 2018:

 June 2017June 2018Change
Premium revenue$23.1 billion$23.9 billion+3.6%
Total fund benefits$19.8 billion$20.5 billion+3.4%
Net profit after tax$1.40 billion$1.37 billion-1.7%
Total assets$13.8 billion$14.4 billion+4.6%

Key ratios for the private health insurance industry in the year ended 30 June 2018:

 June 2017June 2018Change
Gross margin14.01%14.16%+0.15 pp
Net margin5.13%5.22%+0.09 pp

Copies of the June 2018 quarterly publications are available on the APRA website at: https://www.apra.gov.au/publications.

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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is the prudential regulator of the financial services industry. It oversees banks, mutuals, general insurance and reinsurance companies, life insurance, private health insurers, friendly societies, and most members of the superannuation industry. APRA currently supervises institutions holding around $9 trillion in assets for Australian depositors, policyholders and superannuation fund members.