IAG gets ACCC tick on Wesfarmers’ insurance takeover

IAG gets ACCC tick on Wesfarmers’ insurance takeover
By Suze Metherell March 26 (BusinessDesk) – Insurance Australia Group, New Zealand’s largest general insurer, has gained approval from Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for its A$1.845 billion purchase of Wesfarmers’ insurance underwriting business. But the Australian owned company, which trades in New Zealand under the State, NZI and AMI brands, is looking to buy Wesfarmers’ WFI and Lumley Insurance brands, and is still waiting for approval from New Zealand’s equivalent competition regulator, the Commerce Commission, as well as...