Minister for State Insurance

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

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Albert Pitt	File:Albert Pitt.jpg	6 August 1906	December 1906		Ward
	2	George Fowlds	File:George Fowlds, ca 1910.jpg	December 1906	4 September 1911
	3	David Buddo	File:David Buddo.jpg	4 September 1911	28 March 1912
	4	George Warren Russell	File:George Russell (New Zealand politician).jpg	28 March 1912	10 July 1912		Mackenzie
	5	Frank Fisher	File:Francis Fisher MP.jpg	10 July 1912	12 August 1915		Massey
	6	William MacDonald	File:William Donald Stuart Macdonald, circa 1910.jpg	12 August 1915	25 August 1919
	7	John Bird Hine	File:John Bird Hine.jpg	4 September 1919	17 May 1920
	8	George James Anderson	File:George James Anderson.jpg	17 May 1920	7 June 1923
	9	Heaton Rhodes	File:Robert Heaton Rhodes Jr (1915).jpg	7 June 1923	24 May 1926
							Bell
							Coates
	10	William Nosworthy	File:William Nosworthy.jpg	24 May 1926	10 December 1928
	11	Āpirana Ngata	File:ApiranaNgata1905.jpg	10 December 1928	1 November 1934		Ward
							Forbes
	12	George Forbes	File:George William Forbes.jpg	1 November 1934	19 December 1934
	13	Robert Masters	File:Robert Masters, 1922.jpg	19 December 1934	6 December 1935
	14	Walter Nash	File:Walter Nash (young adult).jpg	6 December 1935	30 April 1940		Savage
							Fraser
	15	David Wilson	File:David Wilson MLC.jpg	30 April 1940	12 April 1944
	16	Arnold Nordmeyer	File:Arnold Nordmeyer c. 1950.jpg	12 April 1944	18 December 1946
	17	Fred Hackett	File:Fred Hackett, 1949.jpg	18 December 1946	18 October 1947
	18	Rex Mason	File:Rex Mason.jpg	18 October 1947	13 December 1949
	19	Wilfred Fortune	File:Wilfred Fortune 1950.jpg	13 December 1949	26 November 1954		Holland
	20	Ernest Corbett	File:Ernest Corbett.jpg	26 November 1954	23 March 1956
	21	Dean Eyre	File:Dean Eyre.jpg	23 March 1956	12 December 1957
							Holyoake
	22	Philip Skoglund	File:Philip Skoglund, 1960.jpg	12 December 1957	12 December 1960		Nash
	23	Arthur Kinsella	File:Arthur Kinsella, 1961.jpg	12 December 1960	20 December 1963		Holyoake
	24	John Rae	File:John Rae, 1964.jpg	20 December 1963	9 February 1972
	25	George Gair	File:George Gair.jpg	9 February 1972	8 December 1972		Marshall
	26	Sir Basil Arthur	File:Sir Basil Arthur.jpg	8 December 1972	12 December 1975		Kirk
							Rowling
	27	Bert Walker	File:No image.png	12 December 1975	13 December 1978		Muldoon
	28	Derek Quigley	File:Derek Quigley.png	13 December 1978	15 June 1982
	29	Keith Allen	File:No image.png	15 June 1982	26 July 1984
	30	Phil Goff	File:Goff in Napier.jpg	26 July 1984	6 April 1987		Lange
	31	Kerry Burke	File:No image.png	6 April 1987	24 July 1987
	32	Richard Prebble	File:Richard Prebble, 1993 (cropped).jpg	15 August 1987	4 November 1988
	33	David Lange	File:David Lange (cropped).jpg	4 November 1988	8 November 1988
	34	Bill Jeffries	File:Bill Jeffries.jpg	8 November 1988	8 August 1989
	35	Stan Rodger	File:Stan Rodger, 1970.jpg	8 August 1989	9 February 1990		Palmer
	36	Richard Prebble	File:Richard Prebble, 1993 (cropped).jpg	9 February 1990	2 November 1990
							Moore