Southern Cross Healthcare Group

the southern cross healthcare group, a collection of independent, health-oriented businesses in new zealand, operates on not-for-profit principles and is new zealand’s largest non-public healthcare organisation. the group’s businesses include health insurance, private hospitals, travel insurance and pet insurance. the group, not itself a legal entity, is made up of two organisations - the southern cross medical care society and the southern cross health trust. southern cross medical care society: founded in 1961, the medical care society, trading as southern cross health society, is a friendly society and new zealand’s largest health insurer, with more than 800,000 members. southern cross health trust: the health trust was established in 1977 and is a charitable trust which exists to benefit all new zealanders. it is the owner of three subsidiaries through which the trust fulfils its charitable purposes. the southern cross health trust owns: 1. southern cross hospitals ltd 2. southern