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Growth for Marsh in Australia

26 April 2006

Marsh Inc is over the woes it suffered during the past couple of years and is looking at growth areas, such as its Asia Pacific business, to get back on track…

OAMPS on the acquisition trail

26 April 2006

The OAMPS Group has been busy this month following the acquisition of WA-based marine insurance broker Gault Armstrong Kemble…

Associated Marine enters NZ market

19 April 2006

Melbourne-based insurer Associated Marine has made its debut in the New Zealand market, setting up a four-person team of specialists in a new Auckland office…

QBE not averse to acquiring rivals

11 April 2006

The issue of consolidation seems to be hotting up after QBE Insurance indicated it will consider looking at rivals IAG and Promina if it continues to perform better than them…

Centrepoint buys out OAMPS funder

11 April 2006

A conditional contract between Centrepoint Alliance and OAMPS has been signed to give Centrepoint 100% of OAMPS Premium Funding…

Austbrokers enters agreement with Pacific

11 April 2006

Broking network Austbrokers has entered into a distribution agreement with Pacific Premium Funding to provide its entire premium funding solution…

QBE hot on the aviation sector

04 April 2006

In its second aviation market initiative in less than a month, QBE has decided to form an aviation underwriting syndicate within its Limit managing agency at Lloyd’s…

Lumley acquires caravan insurer

04 April 2006

Lumley General Insurance has acquired caravan park insurance specialist, Parks Insurance, after a six-year association…

Tower settles PrefSure acquisition

04 April 2006

Tower Australia has settled the purchase of Australian life company PrefSure after regulatory approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board and APRA…

Austbrokers keeps on buying

28 March 2006

Newly listed broking network Austbrokers is continuing its buying spree, adding a 50% stake in Australian Logistics Insurance (Brokers) Pty Ltd to its list of recent acquisitions…

James Hardie to cope with tax bill

28 March 2006

A new $412 million tax bill will not dent James Hardie’s commitment to compensating asbestos victims, the company says…

Nautilus claims a good first year

28 March 2006

New marine insurance agency Nautilus Marine Insurance Agency says it’s had a very successful first 12 months, with an impressive number of new policies written and its…

OAMPS’ bl**dy good buy

21 March 2006

Leading Australian broking house OAMPS has expanded its reach into the small and medium enterprise (SME) market with its acquisition of Melbourne firm BGS Insurance Brokers…

Centrepoint helps boost Alliance’s profits

21 March 2006

Newly merged insurance premium funder Centrepoint Alliance has had a happy debut, reporting big jumps in both profit and revenue for the first half of the 2006 financial year…

FM Global maintains strong performance

14 March 2006

The Australian operation of FM Global has recorded gross written premium of $146 million in its fourth consecutive year of strong financial and operating performance…