M&A Deal Summary

Steadfast Acquires CHU Underwriting Agencies Pty

On February 16, 2015, Steadfast acquired insurance company CHU Underwriting Agencies Pty from QBE

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Steadfast’s 32nd transaction in the Insurance sector.
  • This is Steadfast’s 32nd transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-02-16
Target CHU Underwriting Agencies Pty
Sector Insurance
Buyer(s) Steadfast
Sellers(s) QBE
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

CHU Underwriting Agencies Pty

Milsons Point, Australia
CHU Underwriting Agencies is a provider of underwriting residential, commercial, and community title strata insurance schemes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Steadfast

Sydney, Australia

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Insurance
Revenue 1.3B AUD (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Steadfast is a provider of services to a network of 316 insurance broker businesses across Australia and New Zealand. Steadfast operates as both a broker network and a consolidator through its equity interests in a number of insurance broker businesses. Steadfast was founded in 1996 and is based in Sydney, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 32
Sector: Insurance M&A 32 of 32
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Australia M&A 32 of 32
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-16 Underwriting Agencies of Australia Pty

Newcastle,, Australia

Underwriting Agencies of Australia Pty Limited is a underwriting agency, which covers insurance for industrial and commercial plants and equipment.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

QBE

Sydney, Australia

Category Company
Founded 1886
Sector Insurance
Employees13,479
Revenue 18.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

QBE is a general insurance and reinsurance companies, with operations in all the key insurance markets.The company underwrites commercial and personal lines classes of business through operations in 45 countries. QBE was founded in 1886 and is based in Sydney, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector: Insurance M&A 4 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 5
Country: Australia M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-16 Underwriting Agencies of Australia Pty

Newcastle,, Australia

Underwriting Agencies of Australia Pty Limited is a underwriting agency, which covers insurance for industrial and commercial plants and equipment.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-24 QBE Insurance - Workers Compensation Business

Argentina

QBE Insurance Group Limited, Workers Compensation Business in Argentina provides workers compensation insurance services.

Sell $95M