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BRIEFS
SUNCORP NAMES
NEW BRISBANE HQ
INSPIRED BY THE HISTORIC BRISBANE
Fruit and Produce Exchange on Turbot Street, Heritage Lanes will incorporate de- sign elements of the original market front- age and will feature a glazed podium cano- py to represent the site’s original roof form.
Suncorp Executive general manager of real estate, Colin Harris, said the naming of Heritage Lanes marked an important mile- stone for the construction project, which remains on track to be completed in 2022.
“Heritage Lanes will become a notable part of Brisbane’s city skyline for many
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The new Suncorp headquarters in Brisbane.
NEW CEO FOR ICA
Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has announced the appointment of Andrew Hall as the new chief executive officer and executive director of the Insurance Council.
Hall joins the ICA from the Commonwealth Bank,
where he has spent the past seven years as Executive General Manager for Corporate Affairs. He will start with the ICA in early September.
$2750 ELFIN BOOK
One of the rarest and most expensive new automotive books has been unveiled. Elfin: The Spirit of Speed is published in three editions, but it is the latest and last edition that is creating all the headlines.
Elfin: The Spirit of Speed Ultimate Edition is 704 pages long, weighs almost 20 kilograms (book and case), costs $2750 and is available to just five lucky enthusiasts. It is packaged in a wood and aluminium presentation box complete with leather straps and a special presentation plaque cut from Vern Schuppan’s Elfin MR8A-C, which he campaigned in Australia and – in Can-Am specification – North America. Housed inside their own compartments is a signed and numbered copy of the book
along with a
selection of
genuine Elfin
Sports Cars
body-making
tools used by
Garrie Cooper
and body-maker and designer John Webb from the late 1950s through to the late 1970s. Elfin: The Spirit of Speed is available in Standard Edition, Limited Edition and Ultimate Edition versions and can be purchased only from the Elfin Heritage Centre and at: elfinspiritofspeed.com.au
BANK TO SELL INSURANCE BUSINESS
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia could be putting its general insurance business up for sale according to an article in the Financial Review’s Street Talk column.
Street Talk says it understands Goldman Sachs’ bankers are lining up to help prepare the division for sale and pitch it to potential buyers.