Latest Australia Headlines
All the headlines from our Australia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Floods Hit Eastern Australia
Nov 23 2000 // Following almost a week of uninterrupted rain, roughly one third of the Eastern Australian State of New South Wales is under water. The worst floods in over 20 years have caused widespread damage, and forced the evacuation...
Zurich To Expand in Australia and New Zealand
Nov 22 2000 // Zurich Financial Services plans “a substantial expansion of its financial services capabilities in Australia and New Zealand.” In conjunction with two local companies, the Anglo-Suisse giant plans to...
Australia’s AMP May Shed GIO
Nov 15 2000 // After fighting hard to acquire it, AMP, Australia’s largest life insurer and fund manager, may be seeking to divest itself of GIO, the distressed property casualty insurer it took control of in 1998 at a cost of...
St. Paul Completes Australian Acquisition
Oct 10 2000 // The St. Paul International Insurance Co., a subsidiary of The St. Paul Companies, announced that it had completed the purchase of Australia Pacific Professional Indemnity Insurance Co.,Ltd.(APPIIL), enlarging the...
St. Paul International Insurance to Acquire APPIIL
Aug 31 2000 // St. Paul International Insurance Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of The St. Paul Companies Inc., announced today it intends to acquire the Australia Pacific Professional Indemnity Insurance co., Ltd. (APPIIL) in Brisbane, from GIO...
Australian Westpac Eyes Acquisition Opportunities
Jul 7 2000 // Sydney-based Westpac Banking Corp. is reviewing possibilities of acquiring insurance and funds management businesses. “We certainly remain excited about opportunities in bancassurance, as we feel it represents the...
Australia Juggles Mergers & Disasters
Apr 3 2000 // Driven in part by 1999’s particularly poor results, and perhaps encouraged by the recent mega-merger announcements from Europe (CGU-Norwich Union and Deutsche Bank-Dresdner Bank), Australia’s insurance/...
Australia Battered by Storms, Floods
Feb 25 2000 // Monsoon driven rains continued to dump water on central and Northeastern Australia, knocking out bridges, flooding highways and isolating many small communities. The Thomson River was expected to crest at 6 meters (19.8...
Loss Forces Re-Australia To Run Off Book
Feb 21 2000 // Large losses have reduced Reinsurance Australia’s capital to the point that it no longer meets the requirements for its Australian reinsurance license, thus forcing the company to formally stop writing new...
