ANZ to sell New Zealand medical insurance business
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 11:28 am
Press Release: ANZ Bank
ANZ to sell New Zealand medical insurance business
ANZ today announced it has agreed to sell its New
Zealand OnePath Life medical insurance book to nib NZ
Limited.
OnePath Life currently has approximately
20,000 medical insurance policies covering 44,000 people.
There will be no change to existing policies and nib will
honour all current terms and conditions.
ANZ Wealth
New Zealand Managing Director John Body said: “Medical
insurance is a specialist business and this sale will enable
us to focus on our core life insurance business with minimal
impact on existing policy holders.”
The
transaction is not material to ANZ and is subject to
regulatory approval.
ends
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