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Insurance Brokerage in New Zealand - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

Yentl Liu Yentl Liu Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: July 2025 ANZSIC K6420NZ

Revenue

$3.4bn

2025-26

$3.4bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

9,838

Businesses

2,058

Wages

$X.Xbn

Insurance Brokerage in New Zealand industry analysis

Resilient demand from general insurance has supported revenue growth for the Insurance Brokerage industry in recent years, but falling demand from life insurance has limited this expansion. Despite being a smaller product segment compared with general insurance, life insurance policies significantly affect industry revenue, as insurance brokerages generate large up-front and trail commissions. The number of insolvencies grew following the COVID-19 outbreak and high inflation, reducing overall demand from commercial clients. Overall, industry revenue is expected to grow at an annualised 0.5% over the five years through 2025-26, to $3.4 billion. This trend includes an anticipated uptick of 1.3% in 2025-26.

Trends and Insights

  • Industry profitability is projected to increase over the next five years as major players accumulate more power. As the industry moves towards greater concentration, major players will leverage greater economies of scale to benefit their profitability.
  • The Insurance Brokerage industry can be divided into two major markets: commercial and retail clients. Commercial clients account for a significantly larger portion of market share because deals with companies generate higher revenue in comparison with household insurance plans.
  • Auckland and Canterbury dominate New Zealand's Insurance Brokerage Industry. The industrial presence in these regions aligns directly with their population and economic power.
  • The Insurance Brokerage industry has high entry barriers due to stringent legal requirements and steep start-up costs. Deep industry and technical knowledge are crucial for differentiation.
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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.5 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $3.4bn in 2025.

Trends and Insights

The industry’s performance has recovered resiliently from pandemic disruptions

  • The Insurance Brokerage industry has displayed resiliency over the past five years, recording overall revenue growth despite some years of decline. The stability of the General Insurance industry has provided a steady base from which the industry has grown. However, volatility and the slowdown in the Life Insurance industry have weighed on industry growth, given its significance to insurance brokerages.
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Insurance Brokerage in New Zealand
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Major players’ technological investments and expansions will widen the gap for smaller operators

  • Large-scale companies in the Insurance Brokerage industry are projected to increase their market share and profitability by leveraging economies of scale and investing in technology for cost savings over the coming years.

Biggest companies in the Insurance Brokerage in New Zealand

Company
Market Share (%)
2026
Revenue ($m)
2026
AUB Group NZ
1,056.2
Aon New Zealand
621.3
Steadfast NZ Holdings
600.5

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Products & Services Segmentation

Insurance Brokerage in New Zealand
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Life insurance, Commercial general insurance and Private general insurance. Life insurance is the largest segment of the Insurance Brokerage in New Zealand.

Trends and Insights

Heightened business numbers and greater uncertainties support demand for commercial general insurance

  • Commercial general insurance products represent the largest product segment for the industry, including commission income generated from commercial insurance products like fire insurance, employee benefit insurance and professional liability insurance.
  • More insights available in the full report

Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Industry operators are primarily insurance brokers or agents selling insurance policies. Companies in the industry can also provide other insurance services, such as insurance consulting, claims assessment and adjustment.

What's included in this industry?

Products and services covered in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand include Commercial general insurance, Life insurance, Private general insurance and Other.

Companies

Companies covered in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand include AUB Group NZ, Aon New Zealand and Steadfast NZ Holdings.

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Related Terms

Related terms covered in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand include trail commission, bancassurance, distribution network, gross written premium (gwp) and premium.

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 6420 - Insurance Brokerage in New Zealand

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Industry profitability is projected to increase over the next five years as major players accumulate more power. As the industry moves towards greater concentration, major pl...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

The Insurance Brokerage industry can be divided into two major markets: commercial and retail clients. Commercial clients account for a significantly larger portion of market...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Auckland and Canterbury dominate New Zealand's Insurance Brokerage Industry. The industrial presence in these regions aligns directly with their population and economic power...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The Insurance Brokerage industry has high entry barriers due to stringent legal requirements and steep start-up costs. Deep industry and technical knowledge are crucial for d...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Four major companies dominate the Insurance Brokerage industry. However, the industry also includes many small enterprises operating as sole traders.

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2021 through 2025
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2025
  • Overview of AUB Group NZ's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Aon New Zealand's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Steadfast NZ Holdings's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for one additional company

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for AUB Group NZ, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Aon New Zealand, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Steadfast NZ Holdings, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for one additional company

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Insurance brokerages in New Zealand currently receive no public industry assistance. Insurance brokerages rely on private assistance, like advocacy services through the Insur...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

The industry’s profitability has grown as consolidation has supported greater levels of economies of scale. Major players have driven profit margins higher, despite competiti...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Average Wage (2015-2030)
  • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
  • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2015-2030)
  • IVA (2015-2030)
  • Establishments (2015-2030)
  • Enterprises (2015-2030)
  • Employment (2015-2030)
  • Exports (2015-2030)
  • Imports (2015-2030)
  • Wages (2015-2030)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand in 2025?

The market size of the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand is $3.4bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand in 2025?

There are 2,058 businesses in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand, which has declined at a CAGR of 1.2 % between 2020 and 2025.

How may import tariffs affect the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand?

The Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand is unlikely to be materially impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

How may export tariffs affect the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand?

The Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand is unlikely to be materially impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

Has the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand has been growing at a CAGR of 0.5 % between 2020 and 2025.

What is the forecast growth of the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand?

The biggest companies operating in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand are AUB Group NZ, Aon New Zealand and Steadfast NZ Holdings

What does the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand include?

Commercial general insurance and Life insurance are part of the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand?

The company holding the most market share in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand is AUB Group NZ.

How competitive is the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Insurance Brokerage industry in New Zealand.

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Key data sources in New Zealand include:

  • Statistics New Zealand
  • New Zealand Company Register
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Analysts also use industry specific sources to complement catch-all sources, although their perspective may focus on a particular organization or representative body, rather than a clear overview of all industry operations. However, when balanced against other perspectives, industry-specific sources provide insights into industry trends.

These sources include:

  • Industry and trade associations
  • Industry federations or regulators
  • Major industry players annual or quarterly filings

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