AUB plans more strata acquisitions

12 September 2022

AUB Group says it’s on the hunt for more strata agency acquisitions after agreeing to acquire Strata Unit Underwriters (SUU) from IAG for an undisclosed sum.

AUB already owns Longitude, and now wants “one or two more” strata businesses to push past the $300 million premium mark.

AUB CEO Mike Emmett says SUU is a “highly regarded” agency, writing $130 million in premium across Australia, including north Queensland.

Longitude already writes $80 million in premium and Mr Emmett told insuranceNEWS.com.au that the SUU acquisition pushes AUB up from fifth largest player in the strata market to second, behind Steadfast.

“We were significantly underweight in strata and this gives us a decent ramp up in scale,” he said.

SUU will continue to be underwritten by IAG. In a note on its website SUU says the relationship between the two companies “remains incredibly strong”, while welcoming the AUB acquisition.

“Importantly, for SUU and our valued customers, brokers and supply partners, we continue to operate under our existing arrangements and approaches,” the note says.

“There will be no change to the current processes and external arrangements. SUU will continue to work with all of our existing partners on delivering mutually beneficial outcomes in the same manner as we have previously.

“Importantly, SUU and Longitude will continue to operate as two separate offerings and provide ongoing choice in a highly competitive strata insurance marketplace.”