{{Short description|New Zealand mutual insurance company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox company | name = FMG | logo = FMG Insurance logo.svg | image = File:FMG Building, Palmerston North.jpg | image_caption = FMG building in Palmerston North, 2026 | type = Mutual | foundation = <div>1978 – Farmers' Mutual Group</div> <div>'''''formed from'''''</div> <div>1905 – Otago Farmers' Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association</div> <div>1905 – Taranaki Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association</div> <div>1905 – Wellington Farmers' Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association</div> <div>1905 – Hawke's Bay Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association</div> <div>1937 – Dairy Industry Insurance Agency Limited</div> | location = Wellington, New Zealand | key_people = <div>Adam Heath (CEO)</div> | industry = Finance and insurance | revenue = | products = Insurance | homepage = [https://www.fmg.co.nz www.fmg.co.nz]| }} '''FMG Insurance''' (formerly Farmers' Mutual Group) is a mutual insurance company in New Zealand that was established from a merger of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association, Taranaki Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association and Primary Industries Insurance Company Limited in 1978.<ref>{{cite book|last=Standing|first=Ross|title=Pride, Passion & Parochialism – A History of FMG 1905 – 2005|year=2005|publisher=Dunmore Press Limited|location=Palmerston North|isbn=0-86469-474-1|pages=235}}</ref> The company is incorporated under the Farmers’ Mutual Group Act 2007<ref>{{cite web|title=Farmers' Mutual Group Act 2007|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/private/2007/0001/latest/contents.html|publisher=New Zealand Legislation|accessdate=2012-11-23}}</ref> and can trace its origins back to the original farmers' fire mutual organisations established in 1905.
==Sponsorship== FMG is currently sponsors of the following organisations: * FMG Stadium Waikato – Hamilton's major sporting and cultural events venue<ref>{{cite news|title=FMG granted naming rights for Waikato Stadium|url=http://www.waikatostadium.co.nz/releases/34/fmg-granted-naming-rights-for-waikato-stadium/|accessdate=20 September 2015|publisher=Waikato Stadium|date=30 July 2015}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * Angus NZ – the New Zealand Angus Association.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angus NZ |url=http://angusnz.com/websites_sponsors.php |publisher=NEW ZEALAND ANGUS ASSOCIATION INC |accessdate=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027035626/http://angusnz.com/websites_sponsors.php |archivedate=2012-10-27 }}</ref> * ESNZ – Equestrian Sports New Zealand<ref>{{cite web |title=Equestrian Sports New Zealand |url=http://www.nzequestrian.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=2796 |publisher=Equestrian Sports New Zealand |accessdate=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224121511/http://www.nzequestrian.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=2796 |archivedate=2012-12-24 }}</ref> * New Zealand Nuffield Farming Scholarships – one of New Zealand's most prestigious farming awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Zealand Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust |url=http://www.nuffield.org.nz/page3.html |accessdate=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314004739/http://www.nuffield.org.nz/page3.html |archivedate=2012-03-14 }}</ref>
FMG formerly held naming rights to Arena 1 in Palmerston North, Arena Manawatu's main outdoor venue. It held naming rights from 2005 until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Venues Palmerston North |url=http://venuespn.co.nz/venues/arena-manawatu/fmg-stadium |publisher=Palmerston North City Council |accessdate=2012-11-23 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Manawatu stadium deal struck|url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/72096358/deal-struck-for-palmerston-north-stadium|website = Stuff|access-date = 2016-01-19}}</ref>
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Category:Financial services companies established in 1978 Category:Companies based in Wellington Category:Insurance companies of New Zealand