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Aviva gets the nod

29 April 2002

Ian Balfe, CEO of the local CGU arm of major international CGNU, will have a new brand to deal with now that the company’s shareholders in London have approved a new name…

Robco merges with giant claims manager

23 April 2002

Loss adjusters Robertson & Co has announced it’s merging with Crawford and Company, one of the world’s largest providers of risk and claims management services…

O’Halloran stays on the high road

23 April 2002

QBE Insurance expects a 20% jump in net earned premium to $5.5 billion by the end of the year, a figure that has reassured shareholders the company is regaining its strength…

OAMPS buys transport specialist

16 April 2002

OAMPS has merged its Sydney and Melbourne businesses with leading commercial transport insurance broking specialists Carlingford…

For sale: German insurer in good condition

09 April 2002

Local brokers are hoping the sale of German insurer Gerling won’t further restrict the local market if a company already operating here buys the company and absorbs it…

Police sign up with CGU

09 April 2002

Victoria’s Police Credit Union has forged a deal with CGU that will see its 35,000 members offered special discounted rates…

Pacific makes waves with an HIH buy

03 April 2002

Newcomer Pacific Premium Funding has bought Integrated Commercial Finance, formerly known as HIH Premium Funding – a move that MD Grant Burley says cements…

QBE counts the cost of US disaster

19 March 2002

QBE Insurance has experienced its first loss in more than 20 years, with the September 11 terrorist attacks resulting in a “devastating” annual loss of $25 million…

OAMPS still on a brokerage buying spree

19 March 2002

OAMPS has again expanded its presence in the insurance market, with new acquisitions in WA and NSW that are expected to generate about $5 million in premium revenue…

ACC gets a good/better Best rating

19 March 2002

New Zealand’s government-owned Accident Compensation Corporation has been given an A+ rating by AM Best for maintaining superior capital adequacy ratios…

Trowbridge keeps on expanding

19 March 2002

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s Australian-made subsidiary Trowbridge Consulting has expanded its operations into Spain and South Africa and now covers 16 countries across the globe…

Suncorp shrugs off merger distractions

05 March 2002

Suncorp Metway has shrugged off the difficulties of assimilating the AMP/GIO General Insurance operation by posting a solid $154 million profit for the six months to December 31…

A good half-year for IAG

05 March 2002

Insurance Australia Group – formerly NRMA Insurance – has announced a $49 million net profit for the half year to December 31…