Financial Services

Italian car insurance provider ConTe.it has struck a deal to become the new title sponsor of Serie B, the second tier of club football in the country.

The Principal Financial Group has extended its title sponsorship agreement with golf’s Champions Tour for the Principal Charity Classic event.

Paralympics New Zealand has entered into a partnership with personal injury insurance group Accident Compensation Corporation.

Financial services company Maybank has withdrawn from its long-standing title sponsorship of the Malaysian Open golf tournament.

English Premier League football club West Ham United has agreed a two-year partnership with British watch brand Royal London.

Financial services organisation SunTrust Banks has extended its association with NFL American football team Atlanta Falcons to become a founding partner of its new stadium.

The Kontinental Hockey League has unveiled a series of commercial partners ahead of the start of the European ice hockey tournament today (Monday).

Forex company LMAX Exchange is the latest team sponsor in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race as the competition’s marketing platform continues to move into the corporate space.

The explosion of forex football deals reached France’s Ligue 1 for the first time last month when 24option.com agreed a two-year contract with Olympique Lyonnais.

English Premier League football team Norwich City is searching for a new shirt sponsor for the 2016-17 season after insurance company Aviva signed an extended, but downsized, deal with the club.

German football club VfL Wolfsburg has reached a sponsorship agreement with Ukrainian shopping centre chain EpicentrK, while its Bundesliga counterpart FC Koln has brought in insurance company HDI as a premium partner.

German health insurance fund KKH has expanded its partnership with Eintracht Frankfurt, which competes in the country’s Bundesliga top-tier football club competition.

German regional savings bank Sparkasse Bremen has entered into a partnership with Werder Bremen, which competes in the country’s Bundesliga top-tier club football competition.

Australian A-League football club Brisbane Roar has upgraded its commercial deal with Steadfast to make the insurance brokerage network its principal partner.

Logistics company PSP and financial technology firm LMAX Exchange have agreed deals to serve as team sponsors for the 2015-16 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

New Zealand rural insurer FMG has reached an agreement to become the naming rights sponsor of Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium.

Forex trader GKFX has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with Italian Serie A football team AC Milan.

German Ice Hockey League (DEL) team Düsseldorfer EG has agreed jersey sponsorship deals with Russian consulting company Energy Consulting and banking group PSD Bank Rhein-Ruhr.