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Latitude Financial joins banks on AFCA complaints list

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... financial services institution in the country, followed by ANZ and NAB. Also making the top 10, were insurers AAI, Insurance Australia and QBE Insurance, as well as Westpac, Citigroup, and PayPal. Consumer finance group Latitude received 975 complaints ...

ME Bank adds new chair, directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... previously chief executive of One Big Switch, FiftyUp Club and Personal Insurance and chief information officer at Insurance Australia Group. Before that, held multiple roles at Westpac including as chief information officer Institutional Banking Group ...

TAL to add remediation head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... did not confirm. TAL recently acquired Suncorp's life insurance business, which was housed within its Insurance Australia division prior to the sale. In its 2017/18 annual report, Suncorp noted 113,210 customer complaints were registered in 2018. ...

Ausbil adds key MicroCap team hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... background in reinsurance, having previously served as chief executive, asset management and reinsurance for Insurance Australia Group and chief underwriting officer, international for ACE Tempest Reinsurance. All three of Ausbil's new recruits commence ...

QBE chief executive departs in leadership restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
QBE Insurance Australia chief executive Tim Plant has stepped down after just one year in the role following lackluster performance from the company. The insurer has opted for a change in leadership, with chief financial officer Pat Regan taking over ...

Zurich insurance appoints CFO, updates app

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... years. He also held senior roles including CFO with Citibank Australia, Manchester Unity Australia and Holland Insurance Australia. Farquharson's appointment follows the promotion of Rajbir Nanra from CFO to chief executive officer, general insurance ...

Suncorp appoints new C-suite for restructured business

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... to lead the restructured company. The three combined operating business units are now banking and wealth, insurance Australia and insurance New Zealand. This decision was made as part of Suncorp's "One Company, Many Brands" strategy. From March 1, John ...

Shares stronger at noon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... going to cause the eurozone to collapse," he told AAP. Financial stocks were giving the market a boost, with Insurance Australia Group leaping up on the news that billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying a $500 million stake in it. IAG ...

Buffett insurer partners with IAG

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Warren Buffett-chaired Berkshire Hathaway has entered a strategic partnership with Insurance Australia Group (IAG). The partnership consists of a ten-year 20% quota share agreement, with Berkshire acquiring roughly 90 million IAG shares (for a total ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... was 15 cents lower at $38.14, ANZ lost seven cents to $35.59, and Westpac dropped 11 cents to $38.15. But insurance Australia Group rose 1.5 cents to $5.78, despite announcing it's facing claims of up to $90 million as a result of devastation caused ...