Commerce Act 1986: Business Acquisition Section 66: Notice Seeking Clearance for proposed acquisition of Lumley General Insurance (N.Z.) Limited by IAG (NZ) Holdings Limited Date: 19 December 2013 To: The Registrar Market Structure Team Commerce Commission PO Box 2351 Wellington By email:
[email protected] Pursuant to section 66(1) of the Commerce Act 1986 notice is hereby given seeking clearance of a proposed business acquisition. PUBLIC VERSION All confidential information included in [square brackets]. 64008029.1 1 Contents Summary1 Part 1 Transaction Details 3 Part 2 The Industry 7 Part 3 Market Definition 14 Part 4 Counterfactual 21 Part 5 Competition Analysis 22 Part 6 Further Information and Supporting Documentation 55 Part 7 Confidentiality 61 Annexure 1 – IAG structure chart 63 Annexure 2 – Lumley structure chart 64 Annexure 3 – Sale and Purchase Agreement [Confidential Annexure] 65 Annexure 4 – Mutual Transitional Services Agreement [Confidential Annexure] 66 Annexure 5 – Google search trends 67 Annexure 6 – Market share estimates [Confidential Annexure] 69 Annexure 7 – Autoglass market shares [Confidential Annexure] 70 Annexure 8 – Collision repair market shares [Confidential Annexure] 71 Annexure 9 – Schedule of confidential information [Confidential Annexure] 72 64008029.1 1 Summary This is a notice seeking clearance for a proposed acquisition that will result in the personal and commercial insurance businesses IAG New Zealand Limited, AMI Insurance Limited (together, IAG) and Lumley General Insurance (N.Z.) Limited (Lumley) coming under common ownership of IAG (NZ) Holdings Limited (the Applicant). At its broadest, this is a transaction in one aspect of the financial services industry and, like many aspects of that industry, a number of large, often global, competitors are involved to a greater or lesser extent and at many levels.