Offshoring Summary

HBF has been reviewed. Headcount data not yet available.

The Story

  • May 2026Health insurer HBF confirmed it is moving to a 'hybrid' IT model that will see its IT team supported by Infosys staff based on Australia's east coast and overseas, including India. HBF is a Western Australian member-owned (not-for-profit) health insurer and is not ASX-listed, but is tracked here as a notable Australian offshoring case. HBF defended the arrangement amid questions about cyber risk. [The West Australian]

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Consultancy Engagements

VendorTypeContract ValueStatus
InfosysManaged ServicesConfirmed

Other Insurance Companies That Offshore

Other companies in insurance with reported offshore operations.

CompanyASXReported OffshoreOffshore Destinations
SuncorpSUN4,500+
🇮🇳 India🇵🇭 Philippines
QBEQBE2,383+
🇵🇭 Philippines
Insurance Australia GroupIAG200+
🇵🇭 Philippines🇻🇳 Vietnam🇮🇳 India
Allianz Australia186+
🇮🇳 India
Bupa Australia146+
🇵🇭 Philippines

What Public Sources Say

All information below is sourced from publicly available documents and reporting. Excerpts are direct quotes. Click source links to verify.

News
HBF defends IT outsourcing amid growing cyber risks
HBF confirmed it is moving to a "hybrid" model that will see its IT team supported by tech giant Infosys' staff on the east coast and overseas, including India.

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This list is not complete, and never will be

If a company isn't listed here, that doesn't mean it doesn't offshore. And every number is the lowest we can prove, so the real figures can often be higher.

Read why

This started as an ASX 200 project and mostly still is. It has widened as stories landed from outside that list, so it now also covers employers that aren't ASX-listed, like Canva, Allianz Australia, SS&C and Crown Resorts, along with government departments and agencies. Companies get added when something surfaces about them, not by working through a list in order.

Australian companies are under no obligation to disclose where their work is done, and there is no register of offshored jobs. Everything here comes from something that surfaced publicly: an annual report, a modern slavery statement, a news article, a union statement, a government contract, or a tip from someone who was there.

So an absence usually means nobody has reported on that company and we haven't got to it yet, not that it keeps its work onshore. Some of the biggest offshorers say nothing at all. And because each figure counts only what a source actually stated, the real numbers can often run higher, sometimes much higher.

Every figure links to the source it came from, so you can judge it yourself rather than take our word for it. If you know something that is missing or wrong, tell us. Corrections are published, not quietly buried.

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