Lumley Marine still a goer
25 October 2005
Lumley Marine received a slap in the face last week when Vero Marine poached three of its top managers, but the company has reassured the market it still intends to have a strong…
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QBE looks to Latin America while IAG looks past Asia
25 October 2005
QBE Insurance Group expects to increase its premium growth in Latin America by 15% next year due to higher renewal rates, according to the group’s CEO for Latin America, José Sojo…
PI Direct sells to London specialists
25 October 2005
Brisbane-based specialist professional indemnity broker PI Direct has been sold to senior executives of an unrelated UK company, PI Direct Holdings…
Zurich Australia boosts life policies
25 October 2005
Zurich Financial Services Australia is upgrading more than 50,000 life risk insurance policies to assist intermediaries and their clients…
IAG in China: same story, different day
11 October 2005
News last week that IAG is looking at Asian acquisitions as part of its growth strategy is nothing new, according to the giant insurance group…
Promina Group acquires boutique operator
11 October 2005
Promina Group’s trans-Tasman financial services business, Asteron, has acquired the boutique corporate superannuation services provider Standard Pacific…
Australian Unity set on path to demutualisation
11 October 2005
Australian Unity members have given the go-ahead for demutualisation…
Calliden considers next moves
11 October 2005
Sydney-based Calliden isn’t worried by a saturated market and has identified a number of areas that it will look at to tap into further growth…
QBE keeps on buying
04 October 2005
After purchasing specialist marine insurer British Marine Holdings for $270 million last week, QBE Insurance expects to spend as much as $500 million more on another two sizeable…
… while IAG is still searching
04 October 2005
IAG is still on the acquisition trail in Asia, searching for a good deal in Malaysia, Thailand, China, India, Singapore or Hong Kong…
Cambridge expands its services
04 October 2005
US global outsourcing company Cambridge Integrated Services, which has a Victorian branch that specialises in workers’ compensation, has expanded its operations to cover…
IAG signs up for Melbourne CBD site
04 October 2005
IAG has committed to a pre-lease deal for a new building in the Melbourne CBD that will bring all its operations under one roof…
Lips sealed on Austbrokers float
27 September 2005
Everyone in the industry seems to know something about ING’s plans for the $100 million float of the operations of its broker cluster Austbrokers, but the group itself is remaining…
New entrant flies into general aviation market
27 September 2005
Assetinsure has entered the general aviation insurance market as Assetinsure Aviation, and has begun trading throughout Australia and the Pacific region…
OAMPS directors offload shares
27 September 2005
OAMPS CEO Tony Robinson and fellow director Hugh Robertson have sold a substantial number of their personal shares in the company…
Zurich sells out of AFS
27 September 2005
Zurich Financial Services Australia is continuing to divest itself of non-core distribution channels by announcing it will relinquish its 39.7% holding in…
Switkowski joins Suncorp board
20 September 2005
Former Telstra CEO Ziggy Switkowski has joined the board of Queensland-based Suncorp-Metway…
Tweed zones in on IAG shareholders… again
20 September 2005
Sharemarket raider David Tweed has targeted Insurance Australian Group for the third time, launching another unsolicited offer for the insurer’s shares…
Promina report wins award
20 September 2005
Promina has won a gold award in New York for its 2005 annual report…
Rates not overly soft, says QBE’s Drabsch
13 September 2005
Public liability and professional indemnity premium rates have reduced in the past 12 months, but pricing is still at a technical rate, says QBE CFO Neil Drabsch…