Archive

• Australia's Suncorp considering sale of bank unit

  27 June 2022

  Divestment would be latest in long line of such divisions

• Commonwealth Bank of Australia offloads non-life unit to Hollard

  21 June 2021

  M&A parties welcomed the deal - in contrast to CBA shareholders

• Nippon Life boosts capital of MLC Life amid income protection concerns

  30 December 2020

  Japanese insurer fears Covid-19 will stoke Australian unemployment and claims

• Allianz expands Australian non-life work in A$725m deal

  02 December 2020

  Westpac's sale marks another bancassurer offloading underwriting

• Japan's life majors boost capital bases of foreign units

  27 December 2019

  Nippon Life and Sumitomo Life make moves in Australia and Vietnam

• Resolution Life founder predicts 10 or fewer life firms for Australia

  14 November 2019

  Clive Cowdery foresees three dominating

• Suncorp profit falls as fate of life business remains uncertain

  15 February 2018

  Melbourne hailstorms and strategic investments incur costs

• Dominance of Australian bancassurers' life units shown in industry data

  14 December 2017

  Net profit of ANZ's OnePath Life nearly tops the list

• Zurich pays $2.2bn for Australian life insurer

  12 December 2017

  Purchase of OnePath Life from ANZ marks latest exit by local bank from life business

• Marsh poaches head of risk from National Australia Bank

  07 April 2015

  Sally Williams replaces John Nicholson, who has retired