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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... predominately it's being done in the energy stocks and the non-bank financials. "The mid-cap area, such as QBE Insurance Group, Macquarie Bank, Babcock & Brown, are driving the market." US markets ended up mixed this morning, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) for March also is due this morning. On the corporate front, QBE Insurance Group Ltd holds its annual general meeting, while the Bank of Queensland releases its half year results. Rural Press will hold a ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... 0654 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down one point to 5992. On the corporate front today, QBE Insurance Group Ltd and Caltex Australia will release their annual results, while Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd, Southern Cross Broadcasting ...

Suncorp shares up after positive profit revision

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2005
... Spencer said. She said other insurance stocks were also lifted higher today on the back of the Suncorp upgrade. QBE Insurance Group gained one per cent, up 15 cents to $15.35, and Promina Group Ltd gained 1.7 per cent, up nine cents to $5.49. Suncorp ...

QBE Insurance issues $530 mln in convertible securities

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2004
QBE Insurance Group (QBE) announced today the issue to institutional investors of 20-year zero coupon senior convertible securities (SCS), raising $US375 million or approximately $A530 million net funds after expenses. The proceeds will assist repayment ...

Fitch says downgrades QBE long term rating to A

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
Fitch Ratings, the international rating agency, has on Monday downgraded QBE Insurance Group\'s long-term rating to \'A\' from \'A+\'. At the same time, the agency has assigned its proposed GPB150 million senior unsecured sterling issue due 2009 an ...

QBE expects Hurricane Charley claims within allowance

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
QBE Insurance Group said today it expects its net claims from Hurricane Charley in the US to be well within the substantial allowance for large losses and catastrophies in its insurance liabilities held at 30 June. The death toll for the worst hurricane ...

Mercantile Mutual Insurance gets lowered ratings from S&P

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2004
... AA-minus and removed the ratings from CreditWatch Negative. The move came after yesterday's settlement of the QBE Insurance Group acquisition of MMIA. S&P said it anticipated the downgrade in May, when QBE said the acquisition would help it become a ...

S&P says places Mercantile Mutual on watch negative

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Thursday said that it had placed its AA-minus counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Mercantile Mutual Insurance (Australia) on CreditWatch with negative implications (previously negative ...

QBE buys out ING stake in QBE Mercantile Mutual JV for $740 mln

Australia's QBE Insurance Group said today that it had agreed to purchase ING's 50% stake in the QBE Mercantile Mutual joint venture. The initial purchase price for the general insurance underwriting assets is $740 million with an additional $25 million ...