Published insurance numbers in New Zealand
These are New Zealand insurance numbers that are actually published somewhere: levies set by regulation, an official price index, financial strength grades insurers must disclose, limits stated in policy wordings, and hospital waiting lists released by Health New Zealand. Each one names its source and carries the date it was read.
A premium is not on this list, and deliberately so. Insurance pricing in New Zealand is personalised to your age, your health and an underwriting decision that has not happened yet, so there is no published rate to look up. Anyone showing you one is showing you an example.
What is published, and how often it changes
| Number | How often it changes | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| ACC levy rates in New Zealand | Set annually by regulation, taking effect 1 April. | 9 Sep 2026 |
| How fast health insurance premiums are rising in New Zealand | The Consumers Price Index is published quarterly by Stats NZ, but the health insurance sub-index is not on the release pages: it sits in Infoshare, behind an interactive query. | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Financial strength ratings for New Zealand insurers | Ratings are reissued by the agency rather than expiring; re-checked quarterly and on any republish. | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Non-Pharmac drug limits by health insurer | Limits change when an insurer republishes a policy wording; re-read on every republish of this page. | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Public hospital waiting lists in New Zealand | Health New Zealand publishes the waitlist extract quarterly. | 9 Sep 2026 |
| What a funeral costs in New Zealand, and what the state pays toward it | Both grants are adjusted annually, taking effect 1 April. | 9 Sep 2026 |
Every page in this section was last checked on 9 Sep 2026.
Questions about published insurance numbers
Why is there no table of life insurance premiums?
Because one does not exist. A life insurance premium in New Zealand depends on your age, your smoking status, your health, your occupation and the underwriting decision that follows, so two people the same age routinely pay different amounts for identical cover. A published rate table would be an illustration rather than a price, and we do not publish illustrations as prices.
How current are these figures?
Each page carries the date its figures were last checked and the cadence the underlying source is reissued on. The whole section was last checked on 9 Sep 2026. Where a source publishes quarterly, the page is re-read quarterly rather than left to age quietly.
Can I use these numbers to compare insurers?
For financial strength and for non-Pharmac limits, yes, with the caveats each page sets out: a grade belongs to the licensed entity rather than the brand, and a drug limit means different things depending on whether it sits inside or on top of a wider maximum. For everything else on this list, the numbers describe the market rather than any one insurer.
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