New Zealand · Oceania · class H

Health / Medical insurance companies in New Zealand

4 licensed health / medical insurers, 8% of the 48 insurance entities supervised by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand / FMA. Medical, health and hospital cash insurers licensed separately from life.

CompanyClassParent / groupOwnershipRegulatorVerification
Accuro Health InsuranceHHealth / MedicalAccuro (UniMed)Mutual / cooperativeRBNZ / FMAUnverified
nib nzHHealth / MedicalnibForeign multinationalRBNZ / FMAUnverified
Southern Cross Medical Care Society
Largest health insurer
HHealth / MedicalSouthern CrossMutual / cooperativeRBNZ / FMAUnverified
UniMedHHealth / MedicalUniMedMutual / cooperativeRBNZ / FMAUnverified

About health / medical insurers in New Zealand

How many health / medical insurers are licensed in New Zealand?

4 of the 48 licensed insurance entities in New Zealand are classified as health / medical (8%), according to the RBNZ / FMA register as reflected in this directory (not verified).

Who regulates health / medical insurers in New Zealand?

Reserve Bank of New Zealand / FMA (RBNZ / FMA), under IPSA 2010; ~85 licensed insurers. Official website: https://rbnz.govt.nz.

Are the health / medical insurers in New Zealand locally or foreign owned?

1 of 4 belong to regional or foreign multinational groups (including nib), 0 are state-owned, and the rest are domestic private companies.

Data: /api/v1/countries/new-zealand.json (filter by class = "health-medical"). Licence CC BY 4.0, attribute KAFS North America.