Insurance Australia Group News

Insurance Australia Scraps Plans for Further China Investment

Insurance Australia Group Ltd. scrapped plans for further investment in China and will instead seek growth in other Asian markets, in a sign that Australia’s hopes of boosting services exports to the world’s second-largest economy may be difficult to achieve. …

Insurance Australia CEO Wilkins to Retire Next Month; Harmer Named Successor

Insurance Australia Group Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Mike Wilkins will step down next month after seven years at the helm and be replaced by Peter Harmer, the company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday. Harmer, 54, currently the CEO of …

Insurance Australia Shares Drop Most in Six Years After Profit Decline

Insurance Australia Group Ltd. shares slumped the most in six years after the company’s first-half profit declined and missed expectations. The insurer fell 7.5 percent to A$5.91 as of 1:00 p.m. in Sydney, the biggest drop since February 2009. The …

IAG Said to Consider Bidding for Wesfarmers Insurance Unit

Insurance Australia Group Ltd., the nation’s biggest car and home insurer, is studying a bid for Wesfarmers Ltd.’s insurance unit, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. IAG is in talks with Perth-based Wesfarmers about an acquisition of …

IAG Finalizes $4.86 Billion Reinsurance Program for 2012

Insurance Australia Group Limited announced that it has finalized its catastrophe reinsurance program for the period commencing January 1, 2012 with up to A$4.7 billion [US$4.86 billion] in coverage, compared to A$4.1 billion [US$4.24 billion] in 2011. “Our reinsurance program …

Insurance Australia Group to Acquire Stake in China’s Bohai Insurance

Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced it has agreed to acquire a 20 percent strategic interest in China’s Bohai Property Insurance Pty Ltd., a general insurer IAG said it would pay RMB687.5 million (approximately A$100 million [US$104.3 million]) for the …