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AMP Limited

AMP Limited is an Australian financial corporation. It operates primarily in Australia and New Zealand. AMP formed in 1849 as the Australian Mutual Provident Society, a non-profit life insurance company. In 1998 it was demutualised and listed on the Australian and New Zealand stock exchanges. The company provides banking, life insurance, managed funds, superannuation, property, listed assets and infrastructure.

AMP has one of Australia’s largest shareholder registers, with most shareholders living in Australia and New Zealand. This is because when the society demutualised, all policy holders received shares in the new company. Its UK operation was the subject of a demerger in 2003, separating out Henderson Group plc. The CEO is Craig Dunn.

AMP is Australia's largest retail and corporate superannuation provider, and one of the region's most significant investment managers with more than A$97 billion (as at 31 December 2009) in assets under management.

AMP has two major businesses that deliver products and services to its customers in Australia and New Zealand – AMP Financial Services and AMP Capital Investors.

AXA

AXA (Euronext: CS, Pink Sheets: AXAHY) is a French global insurance group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run business, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. The AXA group of companies engage in life, health and other forms of insurance, as well as investment management. The group operates primarily in Western Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East.

The AXA Group encompasses five operating business segments: Life & Savings, Property & Casualty, International Insurance (including reinsurance), Asset Management and Other Financial Services. It ranks as the 9th largest company in the world (based on revenue) on the 2010 Fortune Global 500 list.

GIO General

GIO is an Australian general insurance company founded by the New South Wales State Government in 1927 as the Government Insurance Office of NSW. It is now fully owned by Suncorp-Metway.

GMHBA Limited

GMHBA Limited is a not-for-profit, 100% member based private health insurer, based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Today GMHBA has over 88,000 members and provides health cover for around 200,000 Australians.

HBF Health Fund

HBF is a private health insurance company based in Perth, Western Australia. It is Western Australia’s largest health insurance provider and also offers general insurance products including motor, home and travel insurance.

HBF is also known as a strong supporter of community initiatives such as the HBF Run for a Reason and the HBF Freeway Bike Hike.

HCF Health Insurance

HCF (Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia) was formed in 1932 to provide health insurance cover to Australians. Since then, it has grown to become one of the country’s largest combined registered private health fund and life insurance organisations.

HCF provides private health insurance cover for a full range of health benefits including private hospital, Australia-wide ambulance cover and ancillary services. HCF is financially secure and is one of the few major health funds to allow contributors to vote for Directors to the Board.

Insurance Australia Group

Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) is an Australian publicly-listed company with its shares traded on the Australian Stock Exchange as ASX: IAG.

The company was formed by the demutualisation of the NRMA Insurance business in July 2000 and a return of shares to the members of NRMA. According to its website, NRMA Insurance Group Limited changed its name to Insurance Australia Group Limited on 15 January 2002. IAG is the name of the listed entity; it is not a customer-facing retail name, however it represents the holding company that holds the many retail brands together.

Promina Group

Promina Group is an Australian and New Zealand Insurance company formerly listed on the Australian and New Zealand stock exchanges. It is now fully owned by Suncorp-Metway Limited.

QBE Insurance

QBE Insurance Group Limited (ASX: QBE) is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe (QBE European Operations). It has offices in 45 countries.

Real Insurance

Real Insurance is an Australian based general insurer. Real Insurance is a part of the Hollard Group, which has offices in the UK, USA, China, South Africa and India. The Hollard Group has more than 6.5 million policy holders worldwide.

The Hollard Insurance Company Pty Ltd opened in Australia in 1999. Under its direct insurance brand Real Insurance, The Hollard Insurance Company has over 200,000 policy holders.


The Hollard Insurance Company Pty Ltd is regulated and licensed by APRA (the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority) and ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) Australia's insurance regulatory bodies.

Real Insurance opened in Australia in 2005. Real Insurance is a general insurer. Its products include home insurance, car insurance, contents insurance, life insurance, bicycle insurance and landlords insurance.

Real Insurance has been labelled a 'challenger brand', representing a threat to Australia's biggest insurers.

Real Insurance was the first Australian insurance company to offer Pay As You Drive car insurance.

Royal Automobile Association

The Royal Automobile Association of South Australia, also known simply as RAA, is a South Australian automobile club providing a range of member services including: 24-hour emergency breakdown, vehicle inspection, motoring advocacy, road safety, legal services, technical advice, travel services, security, tour planning, accommodation booking and also a subsidiary insurance company.

RAA services operate on a break-even basis and the organisation looks to generate a profit through its commercial and investment activities.

RAA began as The Automobile and Motor Cycling Club of South Australia in 1903, but by 1904 had amended its name by deleting the words ‘Motor Cycling’. In 1911 the club was reconstituted as an Association, and in 1928 received its Royal patronage. However, it was not until 1959 that the association changed its logo from AA of SA to RAA.

The head office of the Royal Automobile Association is located at the north-eastern corner of the South Road- Richmond Road intersection, in the Adelaide suburb of Mile End South. Originally, the head office was located in Hindmarsh Square within the Adelaide central business district. RAA has branch offices located throughout the Adelaide metropolitan area, as well as in South Australian regional centres.

Royal Automobile Club of Victoria

The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) is a motoring club and mutual organisation, providing services such as roadside assistance, vehicle, home and contents insurance, personal and car loans, driving instruction, tourism services and home security products.

The RACV runs a lifestyle club known as the RACV Club, with locations in the Melbourne CBD and at Healesville. It operates resorts in regional Victoria and on the Gold Coast, Queensland, which cater to the conference market and members who play golf. It also produces a monthly magazine for members which covers travel destinations in Victoria.

SGIC

SGIC is an insurance brand of Insurance Australia Group trading in South Australia. It was formerly the State Government Insurance Commission, providing compulsory third party motor vehicle insurance.

SGIC first opened its doors for business on 4 January 1972 with a staff of 24 housed in the third level of Adelaide House a 55 Waymouth Street, Adelaide. When the Bill to establish SGIC was introduced into the South Australian Parliament the Premier at the time Don Dunstan declared that SGIC's role was to help keep premiums at reasonable levels, ensure by competition that adequate service was given and make funds available for investment in semi governmental loans important to the development of the State. The first premium income for SGIC came from insuring the car fleet for the South Australian Government $155,026.

SGIC moved to new premises on 24 April 1981 at 211 Victoria Square Adelaide.

SGIC grew from a concept in 1971 to become the largest general insurer in South Australia by 1992 selling motor, home, life, commercial and health insurance throughout the state via 19 branches. By 1992 one in four South Australians was a client of SGIC and it employed close to one thousand South Australians.

In the latter half of the 1990's the State Government decided to sell SGIC with the Company being acquired by SGIO from Western Australia in 1998. In 2000 SGIO was acquired by NRMA who in turn acquired CGU. SGIC and CGU moved to new Building at 80 Flinders Street in 2005.

In moving from a totally state based insurer to being under the umbrella of NRMA who then changed to IAG or Insurance Australia Group meant the assessing resources from South Australia were sent interstate on many occasions to assist when natural disasters hit. Sydney Hailstorm, Cyclone Larry, Newcastle Floods, Victorian Bushfires 2009, Melbourne and Perth Storm 2010 were all events to which assessing assistance was sent from South Australia.

The depth of Home Assessing expertise and knowledge within the SA Assessing Team which included the likes of Chook Simmons, Paul Bockman, Barry Lawrie and David Hinsley under the management and guidance of Andrew Hooper was greatly utilized during these periods. Another important member of the Team Sophie Arthur started Assessing for SGIC in 2000 was one of the first female Home Assessors in the State. Other members of the Team included John Brandt and Glenn Murray.

Many past employees of SGIC have gone on to hold important positions in other major companies and Organizations in Adelaide such as RAA, Allianz, QBE and OPTUS.

SGIO

SGIO (an acronym of its earlier name State Government Insurance Office) is an insurance brand of Insurance Australia Group trading in Western Australia. Until 1986, it was also the name of the Queensland financial institution now known as Suncorp.

Suncorp-Metway

Suncorp-Metway Limited (ASX: SUN) is an Australian finance, insurance, and banking corporation based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is one of Australia's largest banks (by combined lending & deposits) and its largest general insurance group, formed on 1 December 1996 by the merger of Suncorp, Metway Bank and the Queensland Industry Development Corporation (QIDC).

Suncorp had shares in RACQ Insurance in Queensland, the RAA in South Australia, and the RACT Insurance in Tasmania (100%).

They also are the parent of insurance company GIO. GIO is mainly used as a general insurance company representing Suncorp outside Queensland, as their branches are few and far between in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.

In 2002, Suncorp-Metway covered nearly all areas in wealth and banking, including life insurance, general insurance, commercial insurance, Compulsory Third Party (CTP), banking, finance, agricultural banking and business banking.

As the parent company of the Promina Group Suncorp-Metway also owns the AAMI, Apia, Just Car Insurance, Shannons, InsureMyRide, Vero, Asteron and Tyndall insurance brands in Australia, and Vero, Asteron, Guardian Trust, Tyndall, Vero Marine, Vero Liability, AA Insurance, SIS, CMV/AXIOM, Mariner, Comprehensive Travel Insurance and Autosure brands in New Zealand.

Suncorp currently has assets of over AU$73 billion, over 8 million customers, and over 17,000 staff. Suncorp has 232 retail and business banking outlets, predominantly in Queensland, GIO has 34 agencies in NSW and Victoria and an additional 157 retail branches and services centres have been added since the Promina acquisition. Suncorp is the largest banking and insurance corporation headquartered in Brisbane.

In 2008 Suncorp transferred its $230 million credit card portfolio to Citibank. After a retail banking review in 2007 Suncorp determined its credit card portfolio was a non-core asset and entered into talks to sell its 100,000 cards to Citibank. Citibank now handles the operational aspects of credit whilst the Suncorp brand remains on the cards and Suncorp continues to provide customer interaction.

The company is owned by approximately 215,000 shareholders holding more than 924 million shares. Suncorp's Chairman and Non-executive Director is John Story; its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director is Patrick Snowball.