sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message cgu insurance limited type limited industry insurance founded 1998 through a global merger ; 1851 initial foundation date headquarters melbourne australia area served australia key people ceo peter harmer products general commercial rural vehicle home and contents insurance workers compensation consumer credit insurance cci number of employees approximately 4 000 parent iag subsidiaries swann insurance mutual community general insurance 51 % shareholdership website www.cgu.com.au cgu insurance limited is an australian intermediary based insurance company and forms part of insurance australia group iag . cgu insurance was formed through the global merger of commercial union plc and nzi s parent company general accident plc. the global merger brought together two highly regarded insurers with almost 160 years of experience in australia . the acronyms of those two insurers were melded together to form cgu which is subsequently no longer an acronym . cgu insurance sells its insurance products through a network of over 1 000 intermediaries and more than 100 business partners . cgu employs over 4 000 employees located in over 75 branches and representative offices spread throughout australia . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cgu insurance & oldid 660125495 categories insurance companies of australiahidden categories articles lacking sources from april 2013all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 april 2015 at 21 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view