Zurich Insurance, a Switzerland-based multi-line insurance provider, is in advanced stages of negotiations to take over Australian firm Wesfarmers' A$2bn insurance business. The Swiss firm has commenced due diligence on the Aussie's ...
Tags: Zurich Insurance, Insurance
Australian general insurer QBE Insurance Group has posted a net profit of $477m for the first half of 2013, a decline of 37% compared to $760m for the same period last year. Underwriting profit grew by 2% to $530m for the first half of ...
Tags: Insurance, general insurer
QBE Insurance (Malaysia) and British Marine have launched an improved marine insurance product to offer a liability limit of up to $500m. With the enhanced product, the company estimates to write an excess of RM5m in gross written ...
The sharemarket suffered its sharpest one-day fall for two months yesterday after the US Federal Reserve said it could reduce its economic stimulus measures and China's manufacturing showed signs of contraction. "In the next few meetings ...
The sharemarket rebounded yesterday after two days of losses, as the dollar tumbled again and government bond yields also fell. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.3 per cent at 5180.8 after hitting an intraday high of 5194.9. However, ...
Tags: Stocks, Dollar, Bond Yields
The sharemarket rose for a third-consecutive session after the dollar weakened further overnight. Non-resources companies with US dollar income remained in demand, although commodity price falls restrained the resources sector. The ...
Tags: Stocks, Aussie Fall
The sharemarket rose for a third consecutive session yesterday after the Australian dollar weakened further in offshore trade. Non-resources companies with US-dollar income remained in demand, although commodity price falls restrained the ...
Tags: Bourse, Greenback Exposure
The sharemarket ended flat yesterday as companies with offshore earnings and high-yield stocks returned to favour, offsetting weak demand for resources. Investors' recent enthusiasm for resources was dampened by further declines in ...
General Electric (GE) is reportedly considering sale of its Australia-based insurance business, GE Capital Insurance, in an effort to adjust its Australian portfolio, a source familiar with the deal has revealed. The source was quoted by ...
Local shares rose slightly in mixed trading yesterday as a lower Australian dollar led investors to sell banks and other high-yield plays in order to buy shares of companies that stand to benefit from a sustained fall in the exchange rate. ...
QBE Insurance has tapped the US debt market for $US600 million to help buy back convertible securities next month, within days of being downgraded by credit ratings agency Moody's. Highlighting the strength of international debt markets, ...
Tags: QBE Insurance, US debt market
London-headquartered diversified financial conglomerate HSBC is gearing up to offload its general insurance business in Macau, as part of its strategy to get rid of unprofitable businesses across the globe. One of its indirect wholly ...
AUSTRALIAN shares rose to a two-week high yesterday as China's strong March import data helped US shares to record highs, and after minutes of a Federal Reserve meeting did little to change the belief that it is committed to supporting the ...
Tags: economy
The sharemarket fell slightly yesterday as traders took profits in financial stocks and other defensives, while continuing to buy miners after China's benign March inflation data sparked an upturn in commodity prices. The benchmark ...
Tags: Stocks Dip, economy
The local sharemarket retreated from a 4 1/2-year high yesterday before last-minute budget talks at the White House aimed at avoiding $US85 billion ($83bn) of automatic US spending cuts, the so-called sequester, which were due to take ...
Tags: sharemarket, Shares, benchmark