The facts
- Who files
- This Reporting Standard applies to all private health insurers. Source
- How often
- Quarterly and annually. Source
- Deadline
- The information required by this Reporting Standard must be provided to APRA: (a) in the case of quarterly information, within 28 calendar days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; (b) in the case of annual information, by 30 September each year; or (c) in the case of information provided in accordance with paragraph 7, within the time specified by notice in writing. Source
- Format
- XML, Excel, Web form. Lodged in APRA Connect: upload an XML file built to the published XSD, upload an Excel file using the form layouts in the reporting taxonomy, or enter the data on screen. APRA Connect does not take XBRL for these collections. Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the APRA: APRA Connect; Alternate Submission Process (temporary). See how firms file with the APRA.
- Status
- In force
- Legal basis
- Group
- Private health insurance: Financial statements
Templates (1)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the APRA's code in brackets.
- Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income (HRS 310.0 Table 1) (HRS_310_0_Table_1)
Form tables in the APRA Connect reporting taxonomy (APRA-HRS 310.0 Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income-V7). Source
Validation rules
8 rules, as counted from the APRA's published material. They are written for people to read; software cannot run them as published. Source
How they are written: Excel Rules worksheet listing each rule ID, type (error or warning) and a plain-English business definition; an XSD in the same zip validates the structure of XML files. No executable expressions are published for these collections..
How they were counted
Rows in the Rules worksheet of the current reporting taxonomy workbook(s) inside the APRA Connect taxonomy artefacts zip: 8 in APRA-HRS 310.0 Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income-V7.xlsx. Includes general checks such as the ABN check. Built-in data type and enumeration checks are not listed as rules.
Counts are in the APRA's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.
Public data
Published firm by firm. Data from this return appear in: Quarterly private health insurance performance statistics (industry totals); Annual private health insurance statistics (firm by firm). Source
Where it is published (Excel)
- Quarterly private health insurance performance statistics
Added up across firms · Excel database and specifications
Industry totals for private health insurers: financial performance and position and capital adequacy, quarterly. The specifications file maps each item to its source reporting standard. Source
- Annual private health insurance statistics
Firm by firm · Excel
Financial performance and position for each private health insurer, plus membership and benefits data, annually. The data specifications name HRS 101.0, HRS 300.0 and HRS 310.0. Source
Official documents (5)
The APRA's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 109 of 2023 (Reporting Standard HRS 310.0)
Reporting standard · PDF · 941.6 KB · 26 May 2023
Legislative instrument F2023L00635 on the Federal Register of Legislation, registered 2023-05-30; status on the register: InForce.
SHA-256
fc014399f747show in fullfc014399f7472122d9f52686ec229cb60bb997d7a33ec879d273a3ff1ab8382b - Private health insurance: prudential and reporting standards (APRA list of current standards)
List of returns · HTML
- APRA Connect PHI Taxonomy Artefacts February 2026
Taxonomy · ZIP · 1.3 MB · 26 February 2026
Zip of APRA Connect reporting taxonomy workbooks (one per collection, each with Forms, Elements and Rules worksheets), XSD files for XML upload, and the industry validation rules workbook.
SHA-256
70a8fc1cfc48show in full70a8fc1cfc48b9b08b46f61b47468d7830d27218be898fb71411cebe9e47619c - APRA Connect - PHI Artefacts Change Log February 2026
Release note · XLSX · 36.0 KB · 26 February 2026
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232f7ee71004show in full232f7ee71004761fd53ad40f4b62546e667d0575cc8c39d4ec9f4c36d84e1c57 - APRA Connect Taxonomy Artefacts
Guidance · HTML · 29 October 2026
Explains the reporting taxonomy, validation rules file and XSD files, and lists each collection’s XSD.
Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
- apra.gov.au/private-health-insurance/prudential-and-reporting-standards
- legislation.gov.au/F2023L00635/latest/text
- apra.gov.au/system/files/2026-05/APRA%20Connect%20PHI%20Taxonomy%20Artefacts%20February%202026.zip
- apra.gov.au/apra-connect/apra-connect-taxonomy-artefacts
- apra.gov.au/news-and-publications/annual-private-health-insurance-statistics
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Last checked 11 November 2026.
