A neat $75 million in profits will be shared between health insurance company Bupa’s 1.8 million eligible policyholders this year.
Payments of between $47 and $344 will begin hitting bank accounts in November, with most expected to land before Christmas.
The size of the cash injection each policyholder receives will depend on their policy, and will be processed automatically.
Eligible customers will just need to have held a domestic private health cover policy with Bupa for three months between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, and be Australian residents.
International members without a domestic extras policy, who held an Overseas Visitor Cover (OVC) hospital policy, Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) hospital policy, or members who held an ambulance-only policy, are ineligible for the cashback scheme.
It is the third profit sharing initiative to be rolled out by the company this year as part of Bupa’s cost of living support and COVID-19 related savings.
Bupa already announced $320 million cashback announced in June 2023, and a six-month freeze on 2023 premiums worth $154 million until October 2023.
The company’s managing director Chris Carroll said members would receive the money at a time of year when household expenditure usually increased, especially against the backdrop of high inflationary pressures.
“We’re topping up our members’ cashback to a total of $395 million which we hope will support them through the current cost of living challenges, and with their health and wellbeing,” he said.
(7 News)
