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The Otago gold rush had yet to happen when NZI first opened its doors for business in 1859. Mt Tarawera hadn’t erupted, cars hadn’t been invented, and phones and radios didn’t exist.
Times were tough back then, but as a young insurance company NZI soon proved it had what it took to succeed.
NZI’s reputation grew quickly. Our name became synonymous with security and reliability – values that would serve us well over the coming decades as we established offices around the world.
With scale came strength. Something we’d need as we navigated our way through some of history’s darkest days.
We were one of the underwriters of the Titanic, we were there for victims of the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906, we experienced two world wars, the world-wide depression of the 1930s, and the tragic events of the Napier and Christchurch earthquakes.
One constant from the beginning has been change. From steam ships replacing sailing ships, cars replacing horses, the internet completely re-inventing the commercial landscape – NZI has been there and evolved to stay ahead, leading the insurance market with risk-assurance solutions and finding new ways to help Kiwi businesses grow and succeed. Because providing business with the confidence to grow and succeed is what we do. And what we’ve always done.
NZI provides Peace of Mind for New Zealand Business.