Minister for State Insurance explained

The Minister for State Insurance was a former cabinet member in New Zealand appointed by the Prime Minister to be responsible for New Zealand's state owned insurance scheme.

It was established in response to the founding of the State Fire Insurance Office in 1903 following a government decision for state involvement in the insurance industry. The portfolio existed until 1990 when, following its restructuring as a state owned enterprise, and it was sold to Norwich Union in 1990.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister for State Insurance.

Key

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Albert Pitt		6 August 1906	December 1906		Ward
	2	George Fowlds		December 1906	4 September 1911
	3	David Buddo		4 September 1911	28 March 1912
	4	George Warren Russell		28 March 1912	10 July 1912	width=1 style="color:inherit;background:"		Mackenzie
	5	Frank Fisher		10 July 1912	12 August 1915		Massey
	6	William MacDonald		12 August 1915	25 August 1919
	7	John Bird Hine		4 September 1919	17 May 1920
	8	George James Anderson		17 May 1920	7 June 1923
	9	Heaton Rhodes		7 June 1923	24 May 1926	height=40 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"
height=15 style="color:inherit;background:"							Bell
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"							Coates
	10	William Nosworthy		24 May 1926	10 December 1928
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		11	Āpirana Ngata		10 December 1928	1 November 1934		Ward
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Forbes
	12	George Forbes		1 November 1934	19 December 1934
	13	Robert Masters		19 December 1934	6 December 1935
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		14	Walter Nash		6 December 1935	30 April 1940		Savage
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Fraser
	15	David Wilson		30 April 1940	12 April 1944
	16	Arnold Nordmeyer		12 April 1944	18 December 1946
	17	Fred Hackett		18 December 1946	18 October 1947
	18	Rex Mason		18 October 1947	13 December 1949
	19	Wilfred Fortune		13 December 1949	26 November 1954		Holland
	20	Ernest Corbett		26 November 1954	23 March 1956
	21	Dean Eyre		23 March 1956	12 December 1957	height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"
height=15 style="color:inherit;background:"							Holyoake
	22	Philip Skoglund		12 December 1957	12 December 1960		Nash
	23	Arthur Kinsella		12 December 1960	20 December 1963		Holyoake
	24	John Rae		20 December 1963	9 February 1972
	25	George Gair		9 February 1972	8 December 1972		Marshall
	26	Sir Basil Arthur		8 December 1972	12 December 1975		Kirk
						Rowling
	27	Bert Walker		12 December 1975	13 December 1978		Muldoon
	28	Derek Quigley		13 December 1978	15 June 1982
	29	Keith Allen		15 June 1982	26 July 1984
	30	Phil Goff		26 July 1984	6 April 1987		Lange
	31	Kerry Burke		6 April 1987	24 July 1987
	32	Richard Prebble		15 August 1987	4 November 1988
	33	David Lange		4 November 1988	8 November 1988
	34	Bill Jeffries		8 November 1988	8 August 1989
	35	Stan Rodger		8 August 1989	9 February 1990		Palmer
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		36	Richard Prebble		9 February 1990			2 November 1990
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"							Moore

References

• Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First ed. published 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103.