QBE Insurance

...Tinto was flat at $72.60. In the financials sector, brokers were eying the contrasting price action in Insurance Australia Group and QBE Insurance shares. QBE fell 46c, or 2 per cent, at $22.55 while IAG lifted 20c, or 4.99 per cent, to...

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...disasters are well down on the past two years. But that's not the only thing that's making life a little easier. The shadow of bigger rival QBE Insurance fades as IAG shares stage a rebound. IAG closed up a further 5A¢ yesterday at $4.07,...

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...per cent to A$28.39 while Westpac slipped 0.6 per cent to A$25.43 ahead of its full-year earnings today. QBE Insurance retreated after it said gross written premiums would rise less than it had previously forecast in 2009. Its shares fell...

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...of the Melbourne Cup. Traders said the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate rise had little influence on the market, while QBE Insurance led most financial stocks down and gold miners led the gainers as the price of the precious...

In this article: Lend Lease, Melbourne Cup, Recession, Labour Day, Westfield, Australian Stock Exchange, Sino Gold, and Commonwealth Bank

...amid light trading THE Australian sharemarket closed slightly lower on low trading volumes today because of the Melbourne Cup. QBE Insurance led most financial stocks down and gold miners led the gainers as the precious metal...

In this article: Melbourne Cup, Recession, Westfield, Australian Stock Exchange, Sino Gold, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, and Westpac

...30, 2009, representing 64.1% of total assets, were: Stock Percent of Total Assets BHP Billiton Limited 13.4 Rio Tinto Limited 7.4 QBE Insurance Group Limited 7.3 Westpac Banking Corporation Limited 7.0 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group...

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...to the struggling UK economy. Apart from NAB, other high-profile stocks with UK operations include Westfield, Macquarie Group, QBE Insurance, Cabcharge, Flight Centre, Computershare and Stockland. In the short term, this exposure has...

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...insurance, I would like to send a bouquet. In August I was in hospital five days before an Indian Pacific trip. We submitted our claim to QBE Insurance and last week received a cheque for the cost of the trip. We commend the insurer for...

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...been dropping windstorm coverage Since the highly active hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, QBE Insurance has been sidestepping hurricane risk as it writes policies for condominium associations in Florida. The company -- the U.S. unit of...

In this article: Florida, Hurricane Wilma, North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Australia, National Council, and The Miami Herald

Trade in the Australian market was quiet. Partly offsetting falls in resources and banks, Telstra was up 1.5%, Woodside rose 1.2% and QBE Insurance was up 1.8%. There was some relief in the Bangkok market that the weekend rally by protesters...

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