not for profit industry insurance founded 1941 headquarters perth australia key people rob bransby managing director products private health insurance home insurance vehicle insurance travel insurance life insurance workplace health promotion website https www.hbf.com.au hbf is a private health insurance company based in perth western australia . it is western australia s largest health insurance provider 1 and also offers general insurance products including motor home and travel insurance . contents 1 history 2 products 3 branch locations 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1941 hbf was established as the metropolitan hospitals benefit fund of western australia with the core purpose of providing affordable health services to western australians . hbf s purpose can be directly traced back to its origins as a key provider of social services prior to the introduction of universal government health cover in medicare . it was established to provide a pool of funds to ensure the ongoing provision of affordable health services for members . since its inception hbf has grown to become the leading provider of health insurance in western australia . in 2009 hbf had 7.7 % of the national market share for private health insurance . 2 hbf regularly surveys community attitudes to health and releases the results in the igen survey focussing on under 25 year olds ; and the wellness survey for the broader western australian population . citation needed products edit hbf offers health insurance for hospital ancillary urgent ambulance and cover for complementary therapies . hbf also offers life car home and travel insurance . branch locations edit hbf has 19 branches located throughout western australia including 3 albany belmont booragoon bunbury busselton cannington fremantle geraldton hillarys innaloo joondalup karrinyup mandurah midland morley perth rockingham subiaco success references edit competition in the australian private health insurance market pdf . australian prudential regulation authority . australian prudential regulation authority . retrieved 26 february 2016 . 1 https www.hbf.com.au contact us find a branch external links edit hbf website private health insurance administration council retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hbf health fund & oldid 731418639 categories insurance companies of australiahealth insurancecompanies based in perth western australiacompanies established in 1941healthcare in australiahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 07 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view