New Zealand · Oceania · class H
Health / medical insurance companies in New Zealand
4 licensed health / medical insurers, 5% of the 81 insurance entities supervised by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand / FMA. Medical, health and hospital cash insurers licensed separately from life.
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| Company | Class | Parent / group | Ownership | Regulator | Verification | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nib nzASX: NHF | HHealth / Medical | nib | Foreign multinational | RBNZ / FMA | Verified | — |
| Southern Cross Medical Care Society Largest health insurer | HHealth / Medical | Southern Cross | Mutual / cooperative | RBNZ / FMA | Verified | 77 Confidence: Low |
| Police Health Plan Limited Register gives no class; class H inferred from the name (Health). Licence effective 2013-05-07; rating: A.M. Best A-. ownership not researched | HHealth / Medical | Parent not named in register | Domestic private | RBNZ / FMA | Verified | — |
| Union Medical Benefits Society Limited Register gives no class; class H inferred from the name (medical benefits (health) in its name). Licence effective 2013-05-23; rating: A.M. Best A. Society by its name (groupTypeCode MU). Reported to trade as Accuro (formerly UniMed), rows 177 and 180; not established here; Ownership type inferred from name; parent not researched | HHealth / Medical | Parent not named in register | Mutual / cooperative | RBNZ / FMA | Verified | — |
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Popularity is an estimate of how often people search Google for each insurer, from 0 to 100; the bars show how confident the estimate is. Not a rating of the insurer. How the index works
About health / medical insurers in New Zealand
How many health / medical insurers are licensed in New Zealand?
4 of the 81 licensed insurance entities this directory lists in New Zealand are classified as health / medical (5%). Verified against the regulator register.
Who regulates health / medical insurers in New Zealand?
Reserve Bank of New Zealand / FMA (RBNZ / FMA). Regime: Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2010 (IPSA). Official website: https://rbnz.govt.nz.
Who owns the health / medical insurers in New Zealand?
Of the 4 licensed health / medical insurers in New Zealand, 2 are mutual or cooperative insurers, 1 is a domestic private company, and 1 is a subsidiary of a foreign multinational group (nib), as recorded in the register.
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