FMG Insurance

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FMG
Type Mutual
Industry Finance and insurance
Founded
1978 – Farmers' Mutual Group
formed from
1905 – Otago Farmers' Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association
1905 – Taranaki Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association
1905 – Wellington Farmers' Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association
1905 – Hawke's Bay Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association
1937 – Dairy Industry Insurance Agency Limited
Headquarters Wellington, New Zealand
Key people
Chris Black (CEO)
Products Insurance
Website www.fmg.co.nz

FMG Insurance (formerly Farmers' Mutual Group) is a mutual insurance company in New Zealand that was established from a merger of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association, Taranaki Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association and Primary Industries Insurance Company Limited in 1978. [1] The company is incorporated under the Farmers’ Mutual Group Act 2007 [2] and can trace its origins back to the original farmer's fire mutual organisations established in 1905.

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Sponsorship

FMG is currently sponsors of the following organisations:

FMG formally held naming rights to Arena 1 in Palmerston North, Arena Manawatu's main outdoor venue. It held naming rights from 2005 until 2015. [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Standing, Ross (2005). Pride, Passion & Parochialism - A History of FMG 1905 - 2005. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press Limited. p. 235. ISBN   0-86469-474-1.
  2. ↑ "Farmers' Mutual Group Act 2007". New Zealand Legislation. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "FMG granted naming rights for Waikato Stadium". Waikato Stadium. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Angus NZ". NEW ZEALAND ANGUS ASSOCIATION INC. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Equestrian Sports New Zealand". Equestrian Sports New Zealand. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Venues Palmerston North". Palmerston North City Council. Retrieved 23 November 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Manawatu stadium deal struck". Stuff. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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