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FMG moves 36% of staff to Wellington

10 May 2005

NZ farmers’ insurer FMG is moving its corporate office to Wellington because of recruitment problems in the small provincial city of Palmerston North…

Staff and business exodus at Marsh

03 May 2005

Marsh in Australia has lost a “significant” number of key staff – and business – in recent months. It appears that mega-rival Aon is the chief beneficiary of the moves…

Suncorp sells marine portfolio to Vero

19 April 2005

Vero Insurance has entered into an exclusive agreement with Suncorp to take over its intermediated commercial marine insurance business…

Axa set to move into India

19 April 2005

Melbourne-based Axa Asia Pacific is poised to sign an agreement with a joint venture partner in India over the next few months…

Trans-Tasman the magic word for Asteron

05 April 2005

Asteron, the financial services division of the Promina group, has adopted a trans-Tasman initiative to align the company’s Australian and New Zealand businesses…

Assetinsure moves into healthcare

05 April 2005

Sydney-based insurance company Assetinsure has announced it will support a new specialist underwriting agency, Healthcare Underwriting Agency…

SRS pushes Australian presence

30 March 2005

SRS Underwriting Agency has extended its Australian presence beyond Melbourne and Brisbane, opening offices in Sydney…

QBE snaps up Concord group

15 March 2005

Leading underwriting agency Concord Insurance Group has become a fully owned operation of QBE Insurance…

FM Global posts strong results

15 March 2005

Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global continues to make strong inroads into the Australian market…

AMP Capital seeks substance over rules

15 March 2005

AMP Capital Investors – which each year votes on 1600 resolutions at shareholder meetings – has released its bi-annual “corporate governance update”…

New frontiers for QBE

08 March 2005

International player QBE Insurance has moved into the Latin American market and bolstered its already considerable European operations…