Fishing for marine staff
24 August 2004
CGU’s decision early this year to enter the marine insurance market after it had to drop its joint ownership in Associated Marine Insurers is proceeding…
24 August 2004
CGU’s decision early this year to enter the marine insurance market after it had to drop its joint ownership in Associated Marine Insurers is proceeding…
24 August 2004
IAG has announced a net profit of $665 million for 2003/04, compared with $153 million in the previous year…
24 August 2004
Can things get any better for No. 5 insurer QBE Insurance…?
17 August 2004
Australian broking network OAMPS has recorded a 36% jump in full-year net profit to $24.6 million, beating everyone’s expectations – including its own…
17 August 2004
Lumley Insurance has helped parent company Wesfarmers achieve an 18% profit increase – a result that analysts say is solid but at the lower end of market expectations…
17 August 2004
Australian-owned and operated website Policycomparison.com, which allows brokers to compare a wide range of insurance policies, has been made available to New Zealand brokers…
17 August 2004
Elders Insurance has achieved a big improvement in profit with earnings before tax of $13 million for the latest financial year against $1.1 million previously…
10 August 2004
The French parent of Axa Asia Pacific Holdings, Axa SA, has made a $3.1 billion bid for the minority shareholding in the company to improve its capital structure…
10 August 2004
AMP has announced the appointment of financial services professional John Astbury as a non-executive director, leaving Richard Grellman as the only director…
03 August 2004
The LawCover group of companies has appointed former Marsh Asia-Pacific Chairman Terry Paradine as Chairman…
03 August 2004
Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its “A” insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on non-life insurer Zurich Australian Insurance and life insurance subsidiary Zurich Australia…
03 August 2004
AMP may benefit from a foreign investment decision being debated in the Indian parliament…
03 August 2004
Broker Arthur J Gallagher has launched a new website aimed at not-for-profit organisations to access risk management products and resources…
27 July 2004
As part of its broader push into the life risk market, Zurich Financial Services Australia is launching new risk tools aimed at supporting advisers…
27 July 2004
Promina subsidiary Vero New Zealand will acquire the motor vehicle, consumer goods warranty and credit insurance business of NZ insurer Autosure Group Holdings…
20 July 2004
Guardian Trust Funds Management, one of New Zealand’s largest investment managers, has changed its name…
20 July 2004
Big three loss adjuster GAB Robins has opened three new offices, taking its total number of offices to 68 across Australia and NZ…
20 July 2004
IAG will be given $34.1 million as part of a settlement of a seven-year-old dispute with a US insurer…
13 July 2004
The Swiss parent of Zurich Australian Insurance isn’t at all worried about the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s review of past reinsurance arrangements…
13 July 2004
IAG New Zealand has bought half the shares in Mike Henry Travel Insurance, despite getting a clearance from the NZ Commerce Commission to acquire the entire operation…